# Accident 20161207024701A: Piper PA-34-200, Denton, TX, December 7, 2016

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 7, 2016, 12:30 local time
- Place: Denton, TX
- Airport: Denton Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Collision: Collision on the ground
- Phase of flight: Taxi
- Operating rules: Pilot school (Part 141)
- Operator: U9FS
- Location: 33.2022° N, 97.1981° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.2022&lon=-97.1981&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2844T, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N2844T-2017-12-22) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-34-200 (registry code 7103405, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-34-200) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming I0360 series (registry code 41515, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-i0360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-34-200
- Reported engine: LYCOMING I0360 SER
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, flight instructor, private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 225 total, 10 in this make and model, 10 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB GAA17CA093](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA17CA093) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20161207024701A

## Narrative

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

ON DECEMBER 7, 2016, AT 1230 CST, A PIPER PA-34-200, N2844T, S/N 34-7250174, OWNED BY US AVIATION GROUP LLC, 4850 SPARTAN DR., DENTON, TX 76207, FOLLOWING A STUDENT TRAINING FLIGHT, HAD A TAXI TO PARK ACCIDENT, INVOLVING A SECOND AIRCRAFT.  THE AIRCRAFT, N2844T, HAS SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE TO THE LEFT WING TIP AND WING ROOT ATTACH POINTS.  THE SECOND AIRCRAFT A CESSNA 172R, N9528W WAS TIED DOWN AND HAD MINOR DAMAGE TO THE RIGHT SIDE ENGINE COWLING AND SPINNER.  THERE WERE NO INJURIES.  THE INSTRUCTOR PILOT HOLDS A COMMERCIAL, INSTRUMENT, MULTI-ENGINE, CFI RATING.  THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED AT DENTON TX AIRPORT (KDTO), ON DECEMBER 7, 2016 AT 1030 CST.

## 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 GAA17CA093](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA17CA093), Dec 7, 2016: Piper PA 34 (N2844T), Denton, TX, substantial damage. Probable cause: The flight instructor’s decision to continue to taxi the airplane to the parking area with a known brake malfunction, which resulted in a loss of directional control and subsequent impact with a…

## Other reports on N2844T (1)

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

- [Incident 19960811026789I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19960811026789I), Aug 11, 1996: Piper PA34200 (N2844T), San Bernadino, CA, Minor damage. Narrative: on Sunday, August 11, 1996 at 1015 PDT, Mr. Naotaka kawaguchi, departed san bernardino international airport (sbd) in Piper seneca PA-34-200, N2844T…

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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