# Accident 20151011017369A: Piper PA 46-350P, Kanab, UT, October 11, 2015

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 11, 2015, 10:00 local time
- Place: Kanab, UT
- Airport: Kanab Municipal
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Taxi
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 37.0103° N, 112.5297° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.0103&lon=-112.5297&mi=10
- Aircraft: N945S, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N945S-2023-04-23) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA 46-350P (registry code 7104620, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-46-350p) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming TIO-540-AE2A (registry code 41999, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-tio-540-ae2a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA 46-350P
- Reported engine: LYCOMING TIO-540-AE2A
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 6,376 total, 2,581 in this make and model, 27 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB GAA16CA012](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA16CA012) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20151011017369A

## Narrative

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

PILOT WAS MAKING CHANGES TO PRE-LOADED FLIGHT PLAN IN GPS WHILE TAXIING FOR DEPARTURE AND WAS NOT AWARE THAT HE DEPARTED THE TAXIWAY WHERE HE STRUCK A POLE WHICH WAS PART OF A HANGER DOOR LOCATED PARALLEL TO THE TAXIWAY APPROXIMATELY 4 FEET FROM THE TAXIWAY.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB GAA16CA012](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA16CA012), Oct 11, 2015: Piper PA 46-350P (N945S), Kanab, UT, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to monitor the airplane's movement on the ground while programming the GPS, which resulted in a collision with a pole.

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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