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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Piper PA-28-161 · November 9, 2011

Date
November 9, 2011 · 21:05 local
Airport
Van Nuys
Phase of flight
Taxi
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N272ND
Reported as
Piper PA-28-161
Reported engine
Lycoming 0-320 series
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Private pilot

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

While taxing the aircraft back to parking at night the pilot hit a stationary helicopter dolly. A witness, on the ramp, reported observing the aircraft taxiing without a taxi or landing light illuminated.

As the FAA filed it

WHILE TAXING THE AIRCRAFT BACK TO PARKING AT NIGHT THE PILOT HIT A STATIONARY HELICOPTER DOLLY. A WITNESS, ON THE RAMP, REPORTED OBSERVING THE AIRCRAFT TAXIING WITHOUT A TAXI OR LANDING LIGHT ILLUMINATED.