# Incident 20221226020092I: Piper Aircraft Inc 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 Airpark
- Damage: Minor damage
- Collision: Collision on the ground
- Phase of flight: Taxi
- 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: N1065D, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N1065D) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA 46-350P (registry code 7104619, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-46-350p) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming TIO-540-AE2A (registry code 41999, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-tio-540-ae2a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER AIRCRAFT INC PA 46-350P
- Reported engine: LYCOMING TIO-540-AE2A
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 220 total
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20221226020092I

## Narrative

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

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

- N9172V, Piper PA 46-350P: [Incident 20221226019842I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20221226019842I)

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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