# Accident 20160131000961A: Piper PA-28-161, Everglades City, FL, January 31, 2016

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 31, 2016, 15:30 local time
- Place: Everglades City, FL
- Airport: Everglades Airpark
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Collision: Collision on the ground
- Phase of flight: Taxi
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Operator: BEJS
- Location: 25.8492° N, 81.3900° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=25.8492&lon=-81.3900&mi=10
- Aircraft: N705RA, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N705RA-2021-07-31) (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 0-320 SERIES
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 215 total, 114 in this make and model, 49 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB GAA16CA119](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA16CA119) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20160131000961A

## Narrative

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

AIRCRAFT N705RA WITH 2 PRIVATE PILOTS AND 1 PASSENGER IN THE REAR SEA LANDED AT EVERGLADES AIRPARK (X01) AIRPORT RUNWAY 33 AND BEGAN TAXING NORTH ON THE EAST TAXIWAY COLLIDED WITH TWO AIRCRAFT N840DW AND N135EG, PARKED ON THE EAST SIDE OF THE TAXIWAY IN THE GRASS.

## 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 GAA16CA119](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA16CA119), Jan 31, 2016: Piper PA 28-161 (N705RA), Everglades, FL, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to maintain adequate wing clearance while taxiing, which resulted in a collision with two unoccupied airplanes.

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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