# Incident 20241202019319I: Piper Aircraft Inc PA-28-181, Clearwater, FL, December 2, 2024

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 2, 2024, 19:00 local time
- Place: Clearwater, FL
- Airport: St Petersburg-Clearwater International
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Taxi
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 27.9102° N, 82.6874° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at St. Petersburg Clearwater International Airport (PIE), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=27.9102&lon=-82.6874&mi=10
- Aircraft: N225TB, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N225TB) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-181 (registry code 7102832, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-181) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming IO-360-B4A (registry code 41867, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-io-360-b4a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER AIRCRAFT INC PA-28-181
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, flight instructor, private pilot, student
- Pilot flight hours: 678 total, 62 in this make and model, 192 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20241202019319I

## Narrative

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

ON DECEMBER 02, 2024, AT 1900 EDT, A PIPER PA-28, ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^, ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^, HIT A PARKED TUG WHILE TAXIING TO PARKING AT ST PETERSBURG INTL AIRPORT (KPIE) ST PETERSBURG, 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 CLEARWATER AIRPARK (KCLW) ON DECEMBER 02, 2024.

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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