20250102000189I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Piper PA-28-180 · Pocahontas, AR · January 2, 2025

Date
January 2, 2025 · 15:22 local
Place
Pocahontas, AR
Airport
Pocahontas Municipal
Phase of flight
Taxi
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N9081J
Reported as
Piper PA-28-180
Reported engine
Lycoming O&VO-360 series
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificates
Private pilot, student
Pilot’s flight hours
568 total473 in this make and model4 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 January 2, 2025, at approximately 15:22 local time, after landing runway 18 at Pocahontas, AR municipal airport (M70), aircraft was taxing to the ramp via taxiway a when it hit the ramp side taxiway a sign. Pilot stated that the taxiway sign was in their blind spot. VFR day conditions existed.

As the FAA filed it

ON JANUARY 2, 2025, AT APPROXIMATELY 15:22 LOCAL TIME, AFTER LANDING RUNWAY 18 AT POCAHONTAS, AR MUNICIPAL AIRPORT (M70), AIRCRAFT WAS TAXING TO THE RAMP VIA TAXIWAY A WHEN IT HIT THE RAMP SIDE TAXIWAY A SIGN. PILOT STATED THAT THE TAXIWAY SIGN WAS IN THEIR BLIND SPOT. VFR DAY CONDITIONS EXISTED.