# Incident 20190926013729I: Piper PA-28-181, South Bend, IN, September 26, 2019

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 26, 2019, 19:50 local time
- Place: South Bend, IN
- Airport: South Bend International
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Taxi
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.7082° N, 86.3173° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at SOUTH BEND INTL (SBN), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.7082&lon=-86.3173&mi=10
- Aircraft: N28AU, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N28AU) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-181 (registry code 7102807, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-181) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming O-360-A4M (registry code 42276, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-o-360-a4m) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-28-181
- Reported engine: LYCOMING O-360-A4M
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 137 total, 55 in this make and model, 33 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20190926013729I

## Narrative

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

AFTER LANDING THE AIRCRAFT, PIC BECAME CONFUSED ABOUT THE AIRPORT SIGNAGE AND TAXIED ON TO A PERIMETER ROAD.  UPON REALIZING THE ERROR, THE PIC ATTEMPTED TO TURN THE AIRCRAFT AROUND TO GET BACK TO THE TAXIWAY.  THIS ACTION RESULTED IN THE LEFT WING TIP IMPACTING A FENCE AND CAUSING MINOR DAMAGE TO THE FAIRING AND LEFT WINGTIP LIGHTS.

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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