# Accident 20200607006612A: Piper PA-28-181, Greenwood, SC, June 7, 2020

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 7, 2020, 09:15 local time
- Place: Greenwood, SC
- Airport: Greenwood County
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Collision: Collision on the ground
- Phase of flight: Taxi
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 34.2503° N, 82.1578° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.2503&lon=-82.1578&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6958J, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N6958J) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-181 (registry code 7102807, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-181) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming O&VO-360 series (registry code 41514, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-o-vo-360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-28-181
- Reported engine: LYCOMING O&VO-360 SER
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Student
- Pilot flight hours: 109 total, 109 in this make and model, 31 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ERA20CA243](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA20CA243) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20200607006612A

## Narrative

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

AIRCRAFT N6958J LANDED RUNWAY 27 AT GREENWOOD COUNTY AIRPORT (GRD). THE PILOT ENTERED TAXIWAY (A) AND THEN TO TAXIWAY (C). THE PILOT WAS TAXING BACK TO RUNWAY 27 WHEN GROUND PERSONNEL REDIRECTED THE AIRCRAFT BACK TO TAXIWAY (A). N6958J TAXIED DOWN TAXIWAY (A) AND STRUCK A PARKED C206 CAUSING SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE TO N6958J.

## Other aircraft in the event

- N964AC, Cessna 206H: no report for this aircraft; [N964AC](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N964AC) is registered now

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB ERA20CA243](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA20CA243), Jun 7, 2020: Piper PA28 (N6958J), Greenwood, SC, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to maintain adequate clearance from a parked airplane while taxiing. Contributing to the accident was the parked airplane's position over the double-yellow taxiway edge lines and…

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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