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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Piper PA-28-181 · Houston, TX · March 1, 2018

Date
March 1, 2018 · 09:00 local
Place
Houston, TX
Airport
Houston Southwest Airport
Phase of flight
Taxi
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N386D
Reported as
Piper PA-28-181
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Flight instructor
Pilot’s flight hours
411 total286 in this make and model109 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

The PIC reported that he and a student pilot were taxing the aircraft across the field to the departure end of runway 09. A semi truck was parked to close to the taxiway. Passing the semi truck that was prutruding into the taxiway, the aircraft right wingtip hit the semi truck. No injuries was report.

As the FAA filed it

THE PIC REPORTED THAT HE AND A STUDENT PILOT WERE TAXING THE AIRCRAFT ACROSS THE FIELD TO THE DEPARTURE END OF RUNWAY 09. A SEMI TRUCK WAS PARKED TO CLOSE TO THE TAXIWAY. PASSING THE SEMI TRUCK THAT WAS PRUTRUDING INTO THE TAXIWAY, THE AIRCRAFT RIGHT WINGTIP HIT THE SEMI TRUCK. NO INJURIES WAS REPORT.