# Incident 20220724013112I: Piper PA-32-260, Morristown, NJ, July 24, 2022

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 24, 2022, 14:24 local time
- Place: Morristown, NJ
- Airport: Morristown Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Collision: Collision on the ground
- Phase of flight: Taxi
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.7993° N, 74.4149° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at MORRISTOWN MUNI (MMU), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.7993&lon=-74.4149&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3856W, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N3856W) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-32-260 (registry code 7103206, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-32-260) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-540 series (registry code 41532, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-32-260
- Reported engine: LYCOMING 0-540 SERIES
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 178 total, 21 in this make and model, 21 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20220724013112I

## Narrative

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

ON JULY 24, 2022, AROUND 2:24 PM EDT ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ PIPER MODEL PA32-260 S/N 32-260, LANDED AT MORRISTOWN MUNICIPAL AIRPORT (KMMU). WHILE TAXING BETWEEN TWO AIRCRAFT AT THE SIGNATURE FBO PARKING RAMP, THE RIGHT WING TIP TOUCHED THE PROPELLER CONE OF A TIED-DOWN AIRCRAFT ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ NO INJURIES REPORTED AND AIRCRAFT SUFFERED MINOR DAMAGE TO RIGHT WING. THIS REPORT CAN BE AMENDED IF FURTHER INFORMATION BECOMES AVAILABLE.

## Other aircraft in the event

- N526G, Piper PA-28-181: no report for this aircraft; [N526G](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N526G) is registered now

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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