# Incident 20131204025879I: Piper PA-24-260, Ontario, CA, December 4, 2013

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 4, 2013, 17:30 local time
- Place: Ontario, CA
- Airport: Ontario International
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Taxi
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 34.0560° N, 117.6012° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at ONTARIO INTL (ONT), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.0560&lon=-117.6012&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9225P, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N9225P) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-24-260 (registry code 7102406, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-24-260) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming TI0-540 series (registry code 41533, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-ti0-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-24-260
- Reported engine: LYCOMING TI0-540 SER
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 500 total, 400 in this make and model, 25 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20131204025879I

## Narrative

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

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.

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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