20131204025879I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Piper PA-24-260 · Ontario, CA · December 4, 2013

Date
December 4, 2013 · 17:30 local
Place
Ontario, CA
Airport
Ontario International
Phase of flight
Taxi
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N9225P
Reported as
Piper PA-24-260
Reported engine
Lycoming TI0-540 series
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Private pilot
Pilot’s flight hours
500 total400 in this make and model25 in the last 90 days

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.

Pilot departed rialto airport and noticed battery was not charging. Pilot requested landing at ont and received clearance to land. Pilot did not turn on landing light to save the battery and taxied to parking without turning on the light. Later discovered that the prop was damaged, it had struck something.

As the FAA filed it

PILOT DEPARTED RIALTO AIRPORT AND NOTICED BATTERY WAS NOT CHARGING. PILOT REQUESTED LANDING AT ONT AND RECEIVED CLEARANCE TO LAND. PILOT DID NOT TURN ON LANDING LIGHT TO SAVE THE BATTERY AND TAXIED TO PARKING WITHOUT TURNING ON THE LIGHT. LATER DISCOVERED THAT THE PROP WAS DAMAGED, IT HAD STRUCK SOMETHING.