# Incident 20240324004142I: Piper PA-28R, Punta Gorda, FL, March 24, 2024

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 24, 2024, 10:59 local time
- Place: Punta Gorda, FL
- Damage: Minor damage
- Collision: Collision on the ground
- Phase of flight: Ground/Ramp/Ma
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 26.8940° N, 82.0665° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Punta Gorda, FL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=26.8940&lon=-82.0665&mi=10
- Aircraft: CGGSQ (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-28R
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Unknown or foreign certificate
- Pilot flight hours: 480 total, 170 in this make and model, 2 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20240324004142I

## Narrative

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

ON MARCH 24, 2024, AT 1059 EDT, A PIPER PA28R, ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^, CANADIAN REGISTERED, TAXIED INTO A PARKED, UNOCCUPIED CESSNA CE-172 AT PUNTA GORDA AIRPORT (KPGD) PUNTA GORDA, FLORIDA. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME AND NO VFR FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED. THE AIRCRAFT HAD MINOR DAMAGE AND THE PILOT SUSTAINED NO INJURIES. THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED AT PUNTA GORDA, FLORIDA, ON MARCH 24, 2024.

## Other aircraft in the event

- N4325L, Cessna 172G: no report for this aircraft; [N4325L](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N4325L) 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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