# Incident 20200203000539I: Piper PA-30, Salisbury, MD, February 3, 2020

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 3, 2020, 11:00 local time
- Place: Salisbury, MD
- Airport: Salisbury Regional Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Taxi
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 38.3752° N, 75.5866° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Salisbury, MD, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.3752&lon=-75.5866&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7263Y, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N7263Y) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-30 (registry code 7103002, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-30) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming IO-320 series (registry code 41509, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-io-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-30
- Reported engine: LYCOMING IO-320 SERIES
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 5,600 total, 2,000 in this make and model, 30 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20200203000539I

## Narrative

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

02/01/2020 - WHILE TAXIING N7263Y FOR DEPARTURE THE RIGHT ENGINE PROPELLER STRUCK A TAXIWAY LIGHT LENS DESTROYING IT. OPERATOR CONTACTED SBY CONTROL TOWER TO REPORT THE INCIDENT AND CLEANED UP THE BROKEN GLASS FROM THE TAXIWAY. AFTER TAXIING BACK TO THE T-HANGAR OPERATOR DISCOVERED THE PROPELLER TIP WAS DAMAGED. DURING THE INCIDENT THE RIGHT ENGINE DID NOT EXPERIENCE A STOPPAGE AND NO FLUCTUATIONS WERE OBSERVED ON THE ENGINE INSTRUMENTATION.

WEATHER CONDITIONS AT TIME OF EVENT:

TEMPERATURE-50 F

DEW POINT-36.4 F

HUMIDITY-61%

WIND-SSE

WIND SPEED-5 MPH

WIND GUST-0 MPH

PRESSURE-29.8 IN

PRECIP-0.3 IN

CONDITION-FAIR

## Other reports on N7263Y (1)

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

- [Incident 20010907028149I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20010907028149I), Sep 7, 2001: Piper PA30 (N7263Y), Cambridge, MD, Minor damage. (-23) The airman performed a normal takeoff from the Cambridge airport. Immediately after lift off, the pilot heard a banging noise, and realized that he had…

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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