# Incident 20240307002579I: Piper PA-28-181, Mason, MI, March 7, 2024

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 7, 2024, 17:15 local time
- Place: Mason, MI
- Airport: Mason Jewett Field
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Taxi
- Operating rules: Pilot school (Part 141)
- Location: 42.5658° N, 84.4232° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at MASON JEWETT FLD (TEW), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.5658&lon=-84.4232&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8086G, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N8086G) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-181 (registry code 7102807, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-181) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming O&VO-360 series (registry code 41514, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-o-vo-360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-28-181
- Reported engine: LYCOMING O&VO-360 SER
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, flight instructor, private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 621 total, 26 in this make and model, 79 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20240307002579I

## Narrative

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

DURING TAXI OUT FOR INTRODUCTORY FLIGHT, AIRCRAFT DEPARTED END OF TAXI WAY AND PROPELLER STUCK TAXIWAY LIGHT. AIRCRAFT WAS TAXIED BACK TO HANGAR WITHOUT ISSUE FOR RELATED MAINTENACE CHECKS DUE TO PROPELLER STRIKE.

## Other reports on N8086G (1)

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

- [Incident 20080513851009I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20080513851009I), May 13, 2008: Piper PA28181 (N8086G), Brandon Townsh, MI, Minor damage. (-23) The aircraft experience engine troubles approximately 20 minutes after departing owasso airport. The aircraft made a forced landing in a grassy area…

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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