20221226020092I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Piper PA 46-350P · Gaithersburg, MD · December 26, 2022

Date
December 26, 2022 · 12:31 local
Place
Gaithersburg, MD
Airport
Gaithersburg Airpark
Phase of flight
Taxi
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Collision
Collision on the ground
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N1065D
Reported as
Piper PA 46-350P
Reported engine
Lycoming TIO-540-AE2A
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Private pilot
Pilot’s flight hours
220 total

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.

PIC of aircraft #2 called pct chpfd line to report his aircraft touched wings with privacy data omitted while on taxiway at the gai airport. Aircraft #2 was performing runup, holding short of rwy 32 at gai. Naircraft #1 attempted to go around aircraft #2 so he could take the active runway and in doing so clipped left

Wing tip of aircraft #2 causing minor skin damage to wingtip of aircraft #2. Aircraft #1 received minor cosmetic damage to the wing tip.

As the FAA filed it

PIC OF AIRCRAFT #2 CALLED PCT CHPFD LINE TO REPORT HIS AIRCRAFT TOUCHED WINGS WITH ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ WHILE ON TAXIWAY AT THE GAI AIRPORT. AIRCRAFT #2 WAS PERFORMING RUNUP, HOLDING SHORT OF RWY 32 AT GAI. NAIRCRAFT #1 ATTEMPTED TO GO AROUND AIRCRAFT #2 SO HE COULD TAKE THE ACTIVE RUNWAY AND IN DOING SO CLIPPED LEFT

WING TIP OF AIRCRAFT #2 CAUSING MINOR SKIN DAMAGE TO WINGTIP OF AIRCRAFT #2. AIRCRAFT #1 RECEIVED MINOR COSMETIC DAMAGE TO THE WING TIP.

Other aircraft in the event · 1

Each aircraft in a collision has its own report.