20250429004409I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Piper PA-28-236 · Greensboro, NC · April 29, 2025

Date
April 29, 2025 · 17:15 local
Place
Greensboro, NC
Airport
Piedmont Triad International A
Phase of flight
Taxi
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N70NC
Reported as
Piper PA-28-236
Reported engine
Lycoming 0-540 series
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Private pilot
Pilot’s flight hours
1,500 total998 in this make and model2 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 05/01/2025 the pilot stated that on 04/29/2025 at approximatley 1715L he hit a cone during taxi. Cone was plalced in front of airplane after he conducted preflight and he did not know the cone was in front of airplane. Airplane taxi only about 2 feet before hitting cone. Reports that prop is bent, with smudging. Fluid is puddling.

As the FAA filed it

ON 05/01/2025 THE PILOT STATED THAT ON 04/29/2025 AT APPROXIMATLEY 1715L HE HIT A CONE DURING TAXI. CONE WAS PLALCED IN FRONT OF AIRPLANE AFTER HE CONDUCTED PREFLIGHT AND HE DID NOT KNOW THE CONE WAS IN FRONT OF AIRPLANE. AIRPLANE TAXI ONLY ABOUT 2 FEET BEFORE HITTING CONE. REPORTS THAT PROP IS BENT, WITH SMUDGING. FLUID IS PUDDLING.