# Incident 20230604006322I: Piper PA-28-181, Tucson, AZ, June 4, 2023

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 4, 2023, 09:53 local time
- Place: Tucson, AZ
- Airport: Ryan Field
- Damage: Minor damage
- Collision: Collision on the ground
- Phase of flight: Taxi
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 32.1422° N, 111.1746° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at RYAN FLD (RYN), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.1422&lon=-111.1746&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4147T, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N4147T) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-181 (registry code 7102807, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-181) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-360-A1D (registry code 41504, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-360-a1d) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-28-181
- Reported engine: LYCOMING 0-360-A1D
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Student
- Pilot flight hours: 88 total, 51 in this make and model, 34 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20230604006322I

## Narrative

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

PILOT OF AIRCRAFT #1 FAILED TO HOLD SHORT OF B3 INTERSECTION AS INSTRUCTED TO GIVE WAY TO AIRCRAFT #2.  INSTEAD, PILOT #1 STOPPED IN THE MIDDLE OF THE INTERSECTION AND NOTICED AIRCRAFT #2 (TAIL WHEEL) APPROACHING.  AIRCRAFT #1 REMAINED IN THE MIDDLE OF THE INTERSECTION AND DID NOT MOVE OR COMMUNICATE ON RADIO TO ALERT ATC AS TO STATUS.  ATC DID NOT APPEAR TO SEE WHAT WAS OCCURING AS NEITHER PILOT WAS GIVEN FURTHER INSTRUCTION.  PILOT OF AIRCRAFT #2 WAS UNABLE TO SEE AIRCRAFT #1 AND TAXIED INTO THE LEFT WING OF #1.  PRIMARY DAMAGE CAUSED TO AIRCRAFT #1 WAS TO THE LEFT WINGTIP AND AILERON.  AIRCRAFT #2 HAD DAMAGE TO PROP, SPINNER AND COWLING.  NO STRUCTURAL OR SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE NOTED.

## Other aircraft in the event

- N24B, Brooks Randy BRATZ CB-1: [Incident 20230604006552I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20230604006552I)

## Other reports on N4147T (2)

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

- [Incident 20170405006129I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20170405006129I), Apr 5, 2017: Piper PA-28-181 (N4147T), Searchlight, NV, Minor damage. Narrative description of off airport landing event occurred on April, 5th 2017: I was in a cross country flight from chandler, AZ to henderson, Nevada in the…
- [Incident 20151203021899I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20151203021899I), Dec 3, 2015: Piper PA-28-181 (N4147T), Chandler, AZ, No damage. Student was assigned solo practice of soft field and short field takeoff and landings. On his fourth takeoff he thought the controls were jammed so he took his…

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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