# Incident 20160727012559I: Piper PA-32-300, Carlsbad, CA, July 27, 2016

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 27, 2016, 11:05 local time
- Place: Carlsbad, CA
- Airport: Palomar
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Taxi
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.1581° N, 117.3506° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Carlsbad, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.1581&lon=-117.3506&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4195W, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N4195W) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-32-300 (registry code 7103212, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-32-300) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming TI0-540 series (registry code 41533, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-ti0-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-32-300
- Reported engine: LYCOMING TI0-540 SER
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 361 total, 12 in this make and model, 40 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20160727012559I

## Narrative

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

PILOT TAXIED TO DESIGNATED PARKING, FRONT OF CONTROL TOWER, AND WHILE MANEUVERING AROUND A PARKED PLANE CLOSE TO THE AIRPORT FENCE AND A LIGHT POLE, RIGHT WING TIP STRUCK LIGHT POLE. THE HIT CRACKED THE FIBERGLASS TIP FUEL TANK AND DAMAGED THE NAV LIGHT ASSEMBLY, CREATING A SPARK THAT IGNITED THE VAPOR AND A FIRE FOLLOWED, AT THE RIGHT TIP TANK. THE QUICK RESPONSE OF THE AIRPORT FIRE DEPT. TO CONTAINED THE FIRE SAVED THE AIRCRAFT FROM FURTHER DAMAGE.

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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