# Incident 20110901019539I: Piper PA-20, Battle Creek, MI, September 1, 2011

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 1, 2011, 15:15 local time
- Place: Battle Creek, MI
- Airport: W K Kellogg
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Taxi
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 42.3212° N, 85.1797° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Battle Creek, MI, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.3212&lon=-85.1797&mi=10
- Aircraft: N1830A, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N1830A) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-20 (registry code 7102002, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-20) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-290 series (registry code 41506, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-290-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-20
- Reported engine: LYCOMING 0-290 SERIES
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 3,843 total, 2,000 in this make and model, 10 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20110901019539I

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

AFTER LANDING DURING TAXI BACK TO THE HANGER THE AIRCRAFT STRUCK A TAKI LIGHT.  MINOR DAMAGE TO THE LEFT WHEEL PANT AND PROPELLER OCCURED.  THE PILOT CAME TO THE FSDO WITH HIS LOGBOOKS.  AFTER COUNSELING RELATED TO THIS AND A PREVIOUS INCIDENT, THE PILOT VOLUNTARILARY SURRENDERED HIS PRIVATE PILOT CERTIFICATE.

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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