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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Piper PA-46-500TP · Newport News, VA · September 21, 2024

Date
September 21, 2024 · 09:35 local
Place
Newport News, VA
Airport
Newport News/Williamsburg Inte
Phase of flight
Ground/Ramp/Ma
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N28NK
Reported as
Piper PA46-500TP
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Private pilot
Pilot’s flight hours
1,359 total295 in this make and model1 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.

The pilot of meridian privacy data omitted was stationary on the privacy data omitted ramp while uploading his flight plan with

Engine running at idle. The pilot says he had both feet on the brakes, and parking brake on. He was the sole occupant and had been marshaled by privacy data omittedstaff into a position on the ramp facing to the north with privacy data omitted facing south parallel to and in front of him. privacy data omitted Was unoccupied. The pilot heard a loud bang and looked up. The noseand propeller of privacy data omittedhad impacted the right wing root and fuselage of privacy data omitted

As the FAA filed it

THE PILOT OF MERIDIAN ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ WAS STATIONARY ON THE ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ RAMP WHILE UPLOADING HIS FLIGHT PLAN WITH

ENGINE RUNNING AT IDLE. THE PILOT SAYS HE HAD BOTH FEET ON THE BRAKES, AND PARKING BRAKE ON. HE WAS THE SOLE OCCUPANT AND HAD BEEN MARSHALED BY ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^STAFF INTO A POSITION ON THE RAMP FACING TO THE NORTH WITH ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ FACING SOUTH PARALLEL TO AND IN FRONT OF HIM. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ WAS UNOCCUPIED. THE PILOT HEARD A LOUD BANG AND LOOKED UP. THE NOSEAND PROPELLER OF ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^HAD IMPACTED THE RIGHT WING ROOT AND FUSELAGE OF ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^