# Incident 20250429004409I: Piper PA-28-236, Greensboro, NC, April 29, 2025

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 29, 2025, 17:15 local time
- Place: Greensboro, NC
- Airport: Piedmont Triad International A
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Taxi
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 36.1013° N, 79.9411° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at PIEDMONT TRIAD INTL (GSO), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.1013&lon=-79.9411&mi=10
- Aircraft: N70NC, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N70NC) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-236 (registry code 7102815, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-236) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-540 series (registry code 41532, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-28-236
- Reported engine: LYCOMING 0-540 SERIES
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 1,500 total, 998 in this make and model, 2 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20250429004409I

## Narrative

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

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.

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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