# Incident 20221226019842I: Piper PA 46-350P, Gaithersburg, MD, December 26, 2022

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 26, 2022, 12:31 local time
- Place: Gaithersburg, MD
- Airport: Gaithersburg Air Park
- Damage: Minor damage
- Collision: Collision on the ground
- Phase of flight: Run-Up Area
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 39.1486° N, 77.1951° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Gaithersburg, MD, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.1486&lon=-77.1951&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9172V, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N9172V) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA 46-350P (registry code 7104620, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-46-350p) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA 46-350P
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 1,600 total, 150 in this make and model, 25 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20221226019842I

## Narrative

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

PIC OF ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ CALLED PCT CHPFD LINE TO REPORT HIS AIRCRAFT TOUCHED WINGS WITH ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ WHILE ON TAXIWAY AT THE GAI AIRPORT. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ WAS PERFORMING RUNUP, HOLDING SHORT OF RWY 32 AT GAI. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ ATTEMPTED TO GO AROUND ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^SO HE COULD TAKE THE ACTIVE RUNWAY AND IN DOING SO CLIPPED LEFT WING TIP OF ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ CAUSING MINOR SKIN DAMAGE TO WINGTIP OF ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.  ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ RECEIVED MINOR COSMETIC DAMAGE TO THE WING TIP.

## Other aircraft in the event

- N1065D, Piper Aircraft Inc PA 46-350P: [Incident 20221226020092I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20221226020092I)

## Other reports on N9172V (2)

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

- [Accident 20110302003329A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20110302003329A), Mar 2, 2011: Piper PA 46-350P (N9172V), Allentown, PA, Substantial damage. Pilot landed on runway 25 @ kxll, Allentown Queen city airport with a right crosswind. Aircraft touched down and then lifted back into the air due to the pilot…
- [Incident 20090317001659I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20090317001659I), Mar 17, 2009: Piper PA46350P (N9172V), Allentown, PA, Minor damage. Aircraft departed queen city airport (1N9) and immediately the pilot noticed that the nose gear indicator did not show that the gear was in the full-up…

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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