# Incident 20150905014871I: Piper PA-44-180, Sanford, FL, September 5, 2015

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 5, 2015, 21:00 local time
- Place: Sanford, FL
- Damage: Minor damage
- Collision: Collision on the ground
- Phase of flight: Ground/Ramp/Ma
- Operating rules: Pilot school (Part 141)
- Location: 28.7845° N, 81.2761° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Sanford, FL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=28.7845&lon=-81.2761&mi=10
- Aircraft: N177CA, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N177CA-2021-07-12) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-44-180 (registry code 7104402, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-44-180) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming O-360 series (registry code 41575, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-o-360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-44-180
- Reported engine: LYCOMING O-360 SERIES
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, flight instructor
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20150905014871I

## Narrative

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

AIRCRAFT WAS TAXING OUT OF RAMP AREA AT NIGHT AND WAS WATCHING OTHER AIRCRAFT DOING THEIR RUN UPS. RUN UP AREA IS RIGHT ON THE EDGE OF THE RAMP. PILOT SAID THERE WAS CONDENSATION ON THE THE WINDSHIELD. AS THEY WERE LOOKING TO THEIR LEFT THE RIGHT WING STRUCK THE TAIL OF A BLACK HAWK HELICOPTER DOING DAMAGE TO THE STABILATOR. THE AIRCRAFT HAD A HOLE IN THE TOP OF THE RIGHT WING.

THE BLACKHAWK WAS PARKED WITH NO ONE IN THE AIRCRAFT.

## Other reports on N177CA (2)

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

- [Incident 20170515004929I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20170515004929I), May 15, 2017: Piper PA-44-180 (N177CA), Deland, FL, Minor damage. Two to three seconds after a normal touchdown and landing the nose gear collapsed. According to the crew, the traffic pattern leading up to the landing had…
- [Incident 20130610011079I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20130610011079I), Jun 10, 2013: Piper PA-44-180 (N177CA), Sanford, FL, Minor damage. An aircraft assigned to aerosim flight academy in Sanford on an instructional flight with one student on board was on downwind to ksfb runway 9L was tower…

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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