# Incident 20180117006582I: Piper PA-28-161, Fort Lauderdale, FL, January 17, 2018

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 17, 2018, 09:05 local time
- Place: Fort Lauderdale, FL
- Airport: Fort Lauderdale Executive
- Damage: Minor damage
- Collision: Collision on the ground
- Phase of flight: Taxi
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 26.1973° N, 80.1707° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at FORT LAUDERDALE EXEC (FXE), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=26.1973&lon=-80.1707&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2247K, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N2247K) (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
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 110 total, 65 in this make and model, 34 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20180117006582I

## Narrative

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

PILOT OF N2247K HAD ONE PASSENGER. PILOT TAXIED TO ACTIVE RUNWAY 31 AND B TO RECEIVE TAKEOFF CLEARANCE AFTER PERFORMING RUNUP. PILOT WAS BEHIND AND DIAGONALLY TO THE RIGHT OF AIRCRAFT N5817T. PILOT RECEIVED HIS TAKEOFF CLEARANCE BEFORE N5817T AND ATTEMPTED TO PASS 5817T TO HIS LEFT. PILOT HIT THE WINGTIP OF 5817T. PILOT ADVISED ATC OF INCIDENT AND TAXIED ONTO RUNWAY 31 AND THEN EXITED ON C. PILOT THEN TAXIED TO RAMP VIA B AND Q AND THEN SHUTDOWN. PILOT OF 5817T FOLLOWED AND ENTERED THE RAMP AT TAXIWAY H. BOTH PILOT AND PASSENGER OF 2247K AND 5817T WERE UNINJURED. RIGHT WINGTIP OF 2247K WAS DENTED AND UNDERSIDE OF LEFT WING OF 5817T HAD PAINT REMOVED.

## Other aircraft in the event

- N5817T, Mooney M20J: no report for this aircraft; [N5817T](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N5817T) is registered now

## Other reports on N2247K (1)

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

- [Accident 19801016058129A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19801016058129A), Oct 16, 1980: Piper PA28161 (N2247K), Imperial, CA, Substantial damage. Lost directional control on takeoff roll. Ran off side of runway. Hit obstruction.

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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