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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Piper PA-34-200 · Pahokee, FL · August 15, 2015

Date
August 15, 2015 · 11:00 local
Place
Pahokee, FL
Airport
Palm Beach County Glades Airpo
Phase of flight
Taxi
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N731WA
Reported as
Piper PA-34-200
Reported engine
Continental TSIO-360
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Private pilot
Pilot’s flight hours
3,923 total119 in this make and model22 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.

Aircraft lost directional control while taxiing out for departure.

Aircraft steered left from taxiway "a" striking taxi way sign "A6" resulting in damage to the left wing leading edge, striking #1 engine propeller causing #1 engine to suddenly stop upon impact.

As the FAA filed it

AIRCRAFT LOST DIRECTIONAL CONTROL WHILE TAXIING OUT FOR DEPARTURE.

AIRCRAFT STEERED LEFT FROM TAXIWAY "A" STRIKING TAXI WAY SIGN "A6" RESULTING IN DAMAGE TO THE LEFT WING LEADING EDGE, STRIKING #1 ENGINE PROPELLER CAUSING #1 ENGINE TO SUDDENLY STOP UPON IMPACT.