# Incident 20241108020549I: Piper PA-28-161, Jacksonville, FL, November 8, 2024

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 8, 2024, 18:34 local time
- Place: Jacksonville, FL
- Airport: Jacksonville International
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Taxi
- Operating rules: Pilot school (Part 141)
- Operator: ECQS
- Location: 30.4940° N, 81.6878° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at JACKSONVILLE INTL (JAX), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=30.4940&lon=-81.6878&mi=10
- Aircraft: N635FT, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N635FT) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-161 (registry code 7102803, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-161) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming O-320-D3G (registry code 42156, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-o-320-d3g) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-28-161
- Reported engine: LYCOMING O-320-D3G
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 264 total, 115 in this make and model, 13 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20241108020549I

## Narrative

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

DURING TAXI OUT ON A NIGHT FLIGHT, THE SOLO STUDENT PILOT TURNED THE ACFT ONTO AN ARPT ACCESS ROAD AND THE ACFT STRUCK A STOP SIGN. HE THEN CONTINUED ON TOWARD THE DEPARTURE RWY AND DID NOT ADVISE JAX ATC THAT ANYTHING HAD HAPPENED WHILE TAXIING OUT. THE FLIGHT THEN DEPARTED AT 2334Z WITH VFR FLIGHT FOLLOWING TO MLB.

JAX ARPT OPS CALLED JAX TWR AT 0013Z TO ADVISE THAT THE ACFT MAY HAVE HIT OR KNOCKED OVER A SIGN IN THE NON-MOVEMENT AREA. THE TWR RELAYED THE MESSAGE TO THE STUDENT PILOT WHO INDICATED HE WAS NOT AWARE OF THAT HAPPENING OR ANY DAMAGE TO THE ACFT. THE ACFT CONTINUED TOWARD MLB WITH A TOUCH & GO LDG AT X35 ALONG THE WAY, THEN LANDED AT MLB WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT.

A POST FLIGHT INSPECTION OF THE ACFT AT MLB BY SCHOOL MX PERSONNEL REVEALED THERE WAS MINOR DAMAGE TO THE RT WING SKIN LEADING EDGE AND LOWER SURFACE LOCATED BETWEEN TWO WING RIBS.

THE STUDENT PLT REPORTED THE FOLLOWING TO SCHOOL PERSONNEL: HE WAS DEPARTING AN FBO RAMP WHEN HE TOOK A TURN AND REALIZED HE WAS MOST LIKELY ON A GROUND ACCESS ROAD. HE DIDN'T SEE ANY OBSTRUCTIONS, THEN FELT LIKE THE ACFT RAN OVER SOMETHING ON THE GROUND. HE THOUGHT IT WAS A SMALL ITEM OR SPEED BUMP, SO HE TRIED THE BRAKES, AND INCREASED AND DECREASED THE RPM TO CHECK IF THERE WAS SOMETHING ON THE LDG GEAR, BUT EVERYTHING WAS NORMAL SO HE CONTINUED THE FLIGHT AND RETURNED TO MLB.

## Other reports on N635FT (2)

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

- [Incident 20180724017929I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20180724017929I), Jul 24, 2018: Piper PA-28-161 (N635FT), Melbourne, FL, Minor damage. The acft experienced an engine compartment fire and sustained minor damage, after landing on rwy 05. The engine reportedly quit during the ldg rollout, as the…
- [Incident 20141203022939I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20141203022939I), Dec 3, 2014: Piper PA-28-161 (N635FT), Melbourne, FL, Minor damage. Mlb ATCT report: "Melbourne, FL (mlb): FITT35, PA28, reported a bird strike on approach to rwy 09R. Aircraft landed without incident. Minor damage to right…

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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