# Incident 20130815016949I: Piper PA-28-161, Dulles, VA, August 15, 2013

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 15, 2013, 14:57 local time
- Place: Dulles, VA
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Taxi
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 38.9475° N, 77.4599° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of WASHINGTON DULLES INTL (IAD), within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.9475&lon=-77.4599&mi=10
- Aircraft: N154AV, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N154AV) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-161 (registry code 7102803, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-161) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-28-161
- Reported engine: LYCOMING 0-320 SERIES
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 750 total, 70 in this make and model, 7 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20130815016949I

## Narrative

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

AIRMAN ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ OPERATING N154AV CALLED DULLES GROUND CONTROL FOR TAXI FROM LANDMARK AVIATION FBO AT DULLES INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT (KIAD).  THE CLEARANCE WAS TO TAXI TO RUNWAY 30 VIA TAXIWAY Z, HOLD SHORT OF ALPHA.  AS N154AV LEFT THE RAMP AREA AT LANDMARK, AIRMAN LYNN MISTAKINGLY TURNED ONTO THE PARALLEL ACCESS ROAD INSTEAD OF  TAXIWAY Z.  LYNN CONTACTED GROUND CONTROL IMMEDIATELY AND ASKED FOR GUIDANCE TO REMEDY HIS MISTAKE.  GROUND WAS UNABLE TO SEE N154AV AND WAS NOT ABLE TO PROVIDE GUIDANCE.

^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ COMMUNICATED WITH GROUND THAT HE WAS COMING UP ON A CARGO RAMP AND COULD TAXI TO THAT POINT AND REGAIN TAXIWAY Z.  GROUND ASKED IF HE COULD INSTEAD MAKE A U-TURN.  THE RESPONSE WAS GARBLED.

SHORTLY AFTERWARDS, N154AV STRUCK A FENCE NEAR THE ACCESS ROAD WITH ITS LEFT WING TIP WHILE ATTEMPTING TO REACH THE CARGO RAMP.

^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ SHUT DOWN THE AIRCRAFT AND ALERTED GROUND CONTROL.  AT 1908Z AIRPORT OPERATIONS ESCORTED FSDO PERSONNEL TO THE SITE.  THERE WERE NO INJURIES.

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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