# Incident 20210930016889I: Piper PA-28-180, Nashville, TN, September 30, 2021

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 30, 2021, 12:04 local time
- Place: Nashville, TN
- Airport: John C Tune
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Taxi
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 36.1830° N, 86.8865° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at JOHN C TUNE (JWN), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.1830&lon=-86.8865&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5189S, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N5189S) (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: Airline transport
- Pilot flight hours: 19,000 total
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20210930016889I

## Narrative

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

ON SEPTEMBER 30, 2021, AT 12:04L, DURING TAXI OPERATIONS, N5189S IMPACTED AIRCRAFT?S TURNING PROPELLER ON THE TAXI SURFACE ON THE RAMP AT JWN.  WHILE TAXING IN A STRAIGHT PATH, AIRCRAFT NOSE WHEEL REPORT TO ENTER A DEPRESSION IN THE SURFACE OF THE TAXIWAY AND PIC REPORTED AUDIBLE AND VIBRATIONS ASSOCIATED WITH PROPELLER STRIKING THE SURFACE OF THE RAMP.  AIRCRAFT WAS REPORTED TO BE SHUT DOWN USING NORMAL PROCEDURES WITH NO INJURIES TO CREW, PASSENGERS OR PERSONNEL.  PIC REPORTED NOTIFICATION OF MNAA REPRESENTATIVE AND PLACED A REFLECTIVE POLE ON THE SUSPECTED AREA IN QUESTION ON THE RAMP. REPORT OF INCIDENT AND PHOTOS PROVIDE BY THE PIC TO FSDO PERSONNEL ON 06OCT21.

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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