20141130021379I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Piper PA-28R-200 · Ithaca, NY · November 30, 2014

Date
November 30, 2014 · 13:50 local
Place
Ithaca, NY
Airport
Ithaca
Phase of flight
Ground/Ramp/Ma
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N1021X
Reported as
Piper PA-28R-200
Reported engine
Lycoming I0360 series
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Private pilot
Pilot’s flight hours
297 total

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 was distracted momentarily, and plane impacted a maintenance hangar door

Damage to hangar/door

Minor damage to prop

Minor damage to engine - inspected for sudden stoppage.

As the FAA filed it

PILOT WAS DISTRACTED MOMENTARILY, AND PLANE IMPACTED A MAINTENANCE HANGAR DOOR

DAMAGE TO HANGAR/DOOR

MINOR DAMAGE TO PROP

MINOR DAMAGE TO ENGINE - INSPECTED FOR SUDDEN STOPPAGE.