# Incident 20231021019649I: Piper Aircraft Inc PA-28-181, Concord, NC, October 21, 2023

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 21, 2023, 19:38 local time
- Place: Concord, NC
- Airport: Concord Regional
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Taxi
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 35.4088° N, 80.5795° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Concord, NC, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.4088&lon=-80.5795&mi=10
- Aircraft: N228KH, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N228KH) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-181 (registry code 7102832, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-181) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming IO-360-B4A (registry code 41867, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-io-360-b4a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER AIRCRAFT INC PA-28-181
- Reported engine: LYCOMING IO-360-B4A
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot, student
- Pilot flight hours: 445 total, 344 in this make and model, 48 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20231021019649I

## Narrative

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

PILOT EXITED RUNWAY ONTO TAXIWAY. PILOT RECEIVED INSTRUCTIONS TO TAXI VIA DELTA TO THE RAMP. PILOT DID NOT TURN ONTO TAXIWAY ALPHA AND TAXIED ONTO GRASSY AREA BETWEEN TAXIWAY AND THE AIRCRAFT RAMP. AIRCRAFT STRUCK FIXED REFLECTIVE SIGN DAMAGING THE PROPELLOR AND RIGHT WHEEL PANT.

SAS TASK ID T-EA68-FY24-0238

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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