# Incident 20230624012452I: Piper PA 46-350P, Durango, CO, June 24, 2023

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 24, 2023, 09:00 local time
- Place: Durango, CO
- Airport: Animas Air Park
- Damage: Minor damage
- Collision: Collision on the ground
- Phase of flight: Taxi
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 37.2645° N, 107.8741° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Durango, CO, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.2645&lon=-107.8741&mi=10
- Aircraft: N464JF, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N464JF) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA 46-350P (registry code 7104627, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-46-350p) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming TIO-540-AE2A (registry code 40999, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-tio-540-ae2a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA 46-350P
- Reported engine: LYCOMING TIO-540-AE2A
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 3,712 total, 227 in this make and model, 46 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20230624012452I

## Narrative

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

ON JUNE 24, 2023 A PIPER MALIBU,  WAS TAXIING TO TAKOFF AT ANIMAS AIRPARK, BETWEEN ROWS OF PARKED AIRCRAFT. PILOT NOTICED A RUNNING HELICOPTER AT THE END OF ONE ROW, SO TO GIVE THE HELICOPTER ROOM THE PILOT MOVED CLOSER TO ONE ROW OF AIRCRAFT. AS THE END OF THE ROW APPROACHED, HE MADE HIS TURN TOWARD THE RUNWAY, TURNING TO EARLY AND CONTACTING THE SPINNER OF THE PARKED 172. MECHANIC ON FIELD SAW WHAT HAPPENED AND CAME TO LOOK AT THE INCIDENT.  DAMAGE TO THE MALIBU WAS A SCRAPPED WING TIP, MECHANIC LOOKED ATAND SAID WAS AIRWORTHY, BUT A DENT WAS PRESENT IN THE SPINNER. ONCE SPINNER WAS REMOVED IT WAS ALSO FOUND TO HAVE DAMGED THE SPINNER BULKHEAD. PILOT OF THE MALIBU STATES THAT HE EXCHANGED INFO WITH THE MECHANIC AND THE PROCEEDED TO RETURN TO ALBUQUERQUE, NM.

## Other aircraft in the event

- N7258T, Cessna 172A: no report for this aircraft; [N7258T](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N7258T) 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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