20240413002969I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Piper PA-28-181 · Fort Pierce, FL · April 13, 2024

Date
April 13, 2024 · 13:00 local
Place
Fort Pierce, FL
Phase of flight
Taxi
Operating rules
Pilot school (Part 141)
Operator
BEJS
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N874AC
Reported as
Piper PA-28-181
Reported engine
Lycoming O-360-A4M
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificates
Commercial pilot, flight instructor, private pilot, student
Pilot’s flight hours
559 total197 in this make and model52 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

On 04/13/2024 aircraft struck a parked fuel truck with the right-wing tip while taxing on the ramp. The right-wing tip received minor damage on the leading edge of the wing-tip and no injuries were reported as a result of this incident. Both pilots failed to ensure the aircraft was operated in a manner that assured seperation of the aircraft from ground objects.

As the FAA filed it

ON 04/13/2024 AIRCRAFT STRUCK A PARKED FUEL TRUCK WITH THE RIGHT-WING TIP WHILE TAXING ON THE RAMP. THE RIGHT-WING TIP RECEIVED MINOR DAMAGE ON THE LEADING EDGE OF THE WING-TIP AND NO INJURIES WERE REPORTED AS A RESULT OF THIS INCIDENT. BOTH PILOTS FAILED TO ENSURE THE AIRCRAFT WAS OPERATED IN A MANNER THAT ASSURED SEPERATION OF THE AIRCRAFT FROM GROUND OBJECTS.