# Incident 20160814013079I: Piper PA-28-180, Tampa, FL, August 14, 2016

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 14, 2016, 13:15 local time
- Place: Tampa, FL
- Airport: Tampa Executive
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Taxi
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 28.0140° N, 82.3453° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at TAMPA EXEC (VDF), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=28.0140&lon=-82.3453&mi=10
- Aircraft: N1418T, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N1418T) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-180 (registry code 7102808, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-180) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming O&VO-360 series (registry code 41514, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-o-vo-360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-28-180
- Reported engine: LYCOMING O&VO-360 SER
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 2,368 total, 1,560 in this make and model, 69 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20160814013079I

## Narrative

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

AT 1315 EST ON 8/14/16 AT TAMPA EXECUTIVE AIRPORT (KVDF), N1418T WAS BEING TAXIED IN FRONT OF HANGAR 1809 IN ORDER TO POSITION THE AIRCRAFT IN FRONT OF THE HANGAR AND ALIGN IT FOR PUSH BACK. THE NOSE GEAR SETTLED ON A DOWNWARD SLOPING DRAINAGE GRATE IN THE TAXI AREA, WHICH THEN CAUSED THE PROPELLER TO STRIKE ASPHALT SLOPING UPWARD FROM THE GRATE. THE ENGINE WAS IMMEDIATELY SHUT DOWN. PILOT AND PASSENGER DISEMBARKED THE AIRCRAFT WITH NO INJURIES. UPON INSPECTION BOTH PROPELLER TIPS WERE DAMAGED.

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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