# Incident 20230704011899I: Piper PA-32-300, West Palm Beach, FL, July 4, 2023

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 4, 2023, 11:24 local time
- Place: West Palm Beach, FL
- Airport: Palm Beach International
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Taxi
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 26.7153° N, 80.0534° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of West Palm Beach, FL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=26.7153&lon=-80.0534&mi=10
- Aircraft: N242EX, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N242EX) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-32-300 (registry code 7103212, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-32-300) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming IO-540 series (registry code 41530, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-io-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-32-300
- Reported engine: LYCOMING IO-540 SER
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 2,375 total, 1,400 in this make and model, 23 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20230704011899I

## Narrative

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

PART 91, PIPER PA-32-300, AIRCRAFT REGISTRATION ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ SERIAL NUMBER 32-7940234, NOTIFIED TOWER THAT UPON BEING GIVEN CLEARANCE TO “LINE UP AND WAIT” FOR DEPARTURE ON RUNWAY 10R, SOME TAXI LIGHTS WERE CONTACTED WITH ENGINE AND PROPELLER. PIC

REQUESTED TO GO BACK TO THE RAMP FOR EVALUATION. MINOR DAMAGE WAS NOTED BY THE PIC ON THE NOSE WHEEL PANT, PROPELLER BLADE TIPS AND LEFT WING. AIRPORT AUTHORITIES RESPONDED AND AN 8020-9 WAS GENERATED.

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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