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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Piper PA-28-151 · Lake Geneva Res, WI · July 3, 2021

Date
July 3, 2021 · 17:00 local
Place
Lake Geneva Res, WI
Phase of flight
Taxi
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N41216
Reported as
Piper PA-28-151
Reported engine
Lycoming O&VO-360 series
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Student
Pilot’s flight hours
38 total36 in this make and model28 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 back taxing runway 23, pilot exited left onto taxiway. While maintaining centerline on taxiway, the left wing made contact with overgrown vegetation and drew the aircraft into the bushes making contact with the propeller, nose bowl and breaking nose wheel pant. Pilot was able to secure engine and exit the aircraft.

As the FAA filed it

WHILE BACK TAXING RUNWAY 23, PILOT EXITED LEFT ONTO TAXIWAY. WHILE MAINTAINING CENTERLINE ON TAXIWAY, THE LEFT WING MADE CONTACT WITH OVERGROWN VEGETATION AND DREW THE AIRCRAFT INTO THE BUSHES MAKING CONTACT WITH THE PROPELLER, NOSE BOWL AND BREAKING NOSE WHEEL PANT. PILOT WAS ABLE TO SECURE ENGINE AND EXIT THE AIRCRAFT.