# Incident 20200301004249I: Piper PA-28-161, Williston, FL, March 1, 2020

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 1, 2020, 09:00 local time
- Place: Williston, FL
- Airport: Williston Municipal Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Taxi
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 29.3546° N, 82.4706° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at WILLISTON RGNL (X60), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.3546&lon=-82.4706&mi=10
- Aircraft: N532DM, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N532DM-2025-03-29) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-161 (registry code 7102803, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-161) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-28-161
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Student
- Pilot flight hours: 128 total, 128 in this make and model, 108 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20200301004249I

## Narrative

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

THE STUDENT PILOT DEPARTED KCOI, MERIT ISLAND AIRPORT WITH A FINAL DESTINATION OF X60, WILLISTON MUNICIPAL AIRPORT.  THE PILOT LANDED WITH NO ISSUES AT X60 AND PROCEEDED TO TAXI TO THE AIRPORT FBO.  AS THE PILOT APPROACHED THE END OF THE TAXIWAY HE OBSERVED IT WAS BLOCKED BY A GATE.  THE PILOT DECIDED TO COMPLETE A 180 DEGREE TURN AND CONTINUE TO THE FBO.  WHILE PERFORMING THE TURN THE RIGHT WING MADE CONTACT WITH THE HANGER.  THE PLANE THEN YAWED AND THE PROPELLER STRUCK THE HANGER.

## Other reports on N532DM (3)

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

- [Incident 20221114013379I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20221114013379I), Nov 14, 2022: Piper PA-28-161 (N532DM), Merritt Island, FL, Minor damage. They flew into kcoi from kcty, joined the left (pattern) downwind for runway 11. Extended the downwind leg because of traffic. They were on long final & the…
- [Incident 20190506004119I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20190506004119I), May 6, 2019: Piper PA-28-161 (N532DM), Merritt Island, FL, Minor damage. N532DM, PA28, lost directional control while departing runway 29 resulting in a propeller strike damaging 2 taxiway lights. Student pilot taxied the aircraft…
- [Incident 20181004025299I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20181004025299I), Oct 4, 2018: Piper PA-28-161 (N532DM), Merrit Island, FL, Minor damage. "Something may have hit the airplane". Pilot requested to retirn to base. Upon landing and post flight inspection a small dent was noted on the engine cowling.…

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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