# Accident 20220426006549A: Piper PA-28-151, Daytona Beach, FL, April 26, 2022

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 26, 2022, 10:45 local time
- Place: Daytona Beach, FL
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Taxi
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 29.0802° N, 81.0466° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.0802&lon=-81.0466&mi=10
- Aircraft: N32042, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N32042) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-151 (registry code 7102805, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-151) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-28-151
- Reported engine: LYCOMING 0-320 SERIES
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 600 total, 256 in this make and model, 30 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ERA22LA252](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA22LA252) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20220426006549A

## Narrative

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

04-26-2022 AT APPROXIMATELY 10:45  A CERTIFICATED  PRIVATE PILOT, WAS FLYING AIRCRAFT N32042, SERIAL # 28-7515052 A PIPER PA-28-151 FROM ORL TO 7FL6, SPRUCE CREEK AIRPORT ON LANDING AT 7FL6 WHEN HE WAS TAXING ON TAXI WAY FOXTROT HE STRUCK A LARGE CONSTRUCTION FORKLIFT WITH THE LEFT WING.

7FL6 IS AN AIRPORT FLYIN COMMUNITY WITH TAXI WAYS THAT GO BETWEEN BUILDING/HOMES. THE LOCATION OF THIS EVENT WAS ON TAXI WAY FOXTROT WHERE IT PASSES BETWEEN TWO HANGARS. THE LEFT SIDE OF THE TAXI WAY HAD A LARGE CONSTRUCTION FORKLIFT WORKING ON THE HANGAR DOOR AND ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE TAXI WAY THERE WAS A BEECHCRAFT AIRCRAFT PARKED IN FRONT OF ITS HANGAR DOOR.

THE WEATHER CONDITIONS AT THE TIME WERE VFR AND NOT A FACTOR IN THIS EVENT.

PILOT FAILED TO MAINTAIN PROPER CLEARANCE BETWEEN SANITARY OBJECTS AND OPERATIONAL CONTROL OF THE AIRCRAFT WHILE PERFORMING GROUND OPERATIONS.

THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE TO THE FORWARD LEFT WING MOUNT FITTING ALSO VISIBLE DAMAGE TO THE LEFT HAND AFT INNER FUSELAGE, WHERE THE WING PUSHED BACK ON IMPACT AND DAMAGED THE FUSELAGE.

## 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 ERA22LA252](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA22LA252), Apr 26, 2022: Piper PA-28-151 (N32042), Daytona Beach, FL, substantial damage. Probable cause: Pilot’s failure to maintain clearance from a forklift while taxiing.

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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