# Incident 20200916012479I: Piper PA-28-180, Amarillo, TX, September 16, 2020

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 16, 2020, 14:30 local time
- Place: Amarillo, TX
- Airport: Rick Husband Amarillo Internat
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Taxi
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 35.2194° N, 101.7059° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at RICK HUSBAND AMARILLO INTL (AMA), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.2194&lon=-101.7059&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9351J, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N9351J) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-180 (registry code 7102808, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-180) (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-28-180
- Reported engine: LYCOMING O&VO-360 SER
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, flight instructor, private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 836 total, 124 in this make and model, 52 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20200916012479I

## Narrative

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

ON SEPTEMBER 16, 2020, AT APPROXIMATELY 1430 LOCAL, A PIPER P28A AIRCRAFT BEARING REGISTRATION NUMBER N9351J TURNED ONTO TAXIWAY P2 AT A HIGHER THAN NORMAL TAXI SPEED RESULTING IN THE RIGHT-HAND WING COMING INTO CONTACT WITH AIRPORT SIGNAGE AT ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.  THE AIRCRAFT WAS BEING OPERATED ON AN INSTRUCTIONAL FLIGHT.  VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME AND NO FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED.  THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED MINOR DAMAGE.  THE FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR AND ONE PASSENGER SUSTAINED NO INJURIES.  THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED FROM AMA ON SEPTEMBER 16, 2020, AT APPROXIMATELY 1330 LOCAL.

## Other reports on N9351J (1)

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

- [Incident 20180307001549I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20180307001549I), Mar 7, 2018: Piper PA-28-180 (N9351J), Amarillo, TX, Minor damage. On March 3, 2018, at approximately 1655 CST, N9351J, a Piper PA-28 experienced a loss of engine power and landed in the grass one half mile from end of runway…

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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