# Incident 20250407003432I: Piper Aircraft Inc PA-28-181, St. Petersburg, FL, April 7, 2025

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 7, 2025, 12:25 local time
- Place: St. Petersburg, FL
- Airport: St Pete-Clearwater International
- Damage: Minor damage
- Collision: Collision on the ground
- Phase of flight: Taxi
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 27.9086° N, 82.6865° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at ST PETE-CLEARWATER INTL (PIE), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=27.9086&lon=-82.6865&mi=10
- Aircraft: N412A, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N412A) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-181 (registry code 7102832, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-181) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming O-360-A4M (registry code 42276, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-o-360-a4m) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER AIRCRAFT INC PA-28-181
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 185 total, 175 in this make and model, 90 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20250407003432I

## Narrative

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

WHILE TAXIING TO THE RUNUP AREA IN AN UNCONTROLLED/NON-MOVEMENT AREA, THE PILOT NOTICED CONSTRUCTION ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE AIRCRAFT AND ATTEMPTED TO PROVIDE CLEARANCE FOR THAT CONSTRUCTION WHEN THE LEFT-WING TIP OF THE PILOTS AIRCRAFT MADE CONTACT WITH A PARKED AIRCRAFT.

## Other aircraft in the event

- N576K, Piper PA-28-181: no report for this aircraft; [N576K](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N576K) is registered now

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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