# Incident 20150711015489I: Piper PA-28-161, Wallkill, NY, July 11, 2015

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 11, 2015, 09:21 local time
- Place: Wallkill, NY
- Airport: Kobelt Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Taxi
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.6242° N, 74.1417° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at KOBELT (N45), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.6242&lon=-74.1417&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8132X, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8132X-2020-02-13) (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 O-320D3G
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 345 total, 26 in this make and model, 9 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20150711015489I

## Narrative

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

WHILE TAXIING AIRCRAFT ON THE HANGER/RAMP AREA, THE PILOT ATTEMPTED TO MANEUVER AROUND A PARKED AIRCRAFT AND A PARKED VEHICLE.  THE LEFT WINGTIP OF THE AIRCRAFT STRUCK THE WINDSHIELD OF THE PARKED VEHICLE CAUSING THE AIRCRAFT TO ABRUPTLY SPIN LEFT AROUND THE VEHICLE WITH THE LEFT WING MAINTAINING CONTACT WITH THE LEFT SIDE AND BACK OF THE VEHICLE.  THE AIRCRAFT CONTINUED TO MOVE UNTIL THE PROPELLER STRUCK THE RIGHT FORWARD PASSENGER DOOR OF THE VEHICLE.  THE OUTER MOST 6 INCHES OF THE PROPELLER BLADES ARE CURLED/BENT FORWARD INDICATING THE ENGINE WAS UNDER POWER AND THE PROPELLER WAS TURNING UPON IMPACT.  THE OUTER 2 INCHES OF ONE PROPELLER BLADE HAS BEEN BROKEN AND MISSING. THE LEADING EDGE OF THE LEFT WING HAS MINOR SCRATCHES AND DENTS ALONG IT'S LENGTH TO INCLUDE A BROKEN LANDING LIGHT LENSE AT THE WINGTIP.  PER THE ENGINE/AIRFRAME MAINTENANCE LOGBOOKS, THE ENGINE WAS INSTALLED AS A FACTORY OVERHAUL ON 5/7/2015, WITH ONLY ONE MAINTENANCE ENTRY FOR AN OIL CHANGE ON 6/26/2015 PRIOR TO THIS INCIDENT. THE ENGINE HAS ACCUMULATED LESS THAN 60 HOURS SINCE INSTALLED.

## Other reports on N8132X (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Accident 20181028022319A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20181028022319A), Oct 28, 2018: Piper PA-28-161 (N8132X), Simsbury, CT, Substantial damage. Simsbury, CT (4B9): N8132X, a model PA28-161, after conducting touch and go's at local airports, landed at (4B9) Simsbury and reported no brakes on touchdown.…

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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