20200312005749I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Piper PA-28-235 · Concord, CA · March 12, 2020

Date
March 12, 2020 · 08:27 local
Place
Concord, CA
Airport
Buchanan Field
Phase of flight
Taxi
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N62Q
Reported as
Piper PA-28-235
Reported engine
Lycoming 0-540F1 SERIE
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Commercial pilot
Pilot’s flight hours
4,200 total1,600 in this make and model20 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.

While taxiing for departure the pilot reported an issue with the left magneto and returned to parking. The aircraft struck a hangar with the left wing tip rupturing the fuel tip tank.

As the FAA filed it

WHILE TAXIING FOR DEPARTURE THE PILOT REPORTED AN ISSUE WITH THE LEFT MAGNETO AND RETURNED TO PARKING. THE AIRCRAFT STRUCK A HANGAR WITH THE LEFT WING TIP RUPTURING THE FUEL TIP TANK.