# Incident 20150815013489I: Piper PA-34-200, Pahokee, FL, August 15, 2015

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 15, 2015, 11:00 local time
- Place: Pahokee, FL
- Airport: Palm Beach County Glades Airpo
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Taxi
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 26.7850° N, 80.6934° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at PALM BEACH COUNTY GLADES (PHK), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=26.7850&lon=-80.6934&mi=10
- Aircraft: N731WA, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N731WA) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-34-200 (registry code 7103405, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-34-200) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental TSIO-360 series (registry code 17019, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-tsio-360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-34-200
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR TSIO-360
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 3,923 total, 119 in this make and model, 22 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20150815013489I

## Narrative

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

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.

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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