# Incident 20250709013909I: Piper PA-28-181, Fort Worth, TX, July 9, 2025

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 9, 2025, 14:50 local time
- Place: Fort Worth, TX
- Airport: Hicks Airfield
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Taxi
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 32.7254° N, 97.3208° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Fort Worth, TX, within about 11 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.7254&lon=-97.3208&mi=10
- Aircraft: N81894, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N81894) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-181 (registry code 7102807, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-181) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming O&VO-360 series (registry code 41514, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-o-vo-360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-28-181
- Reported engine: LYCOMING O&VO-360 SER
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 14,000 total, 173 in this make and model, 100 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20250709013909I

## Narrative

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

AIRCRAFT TAXIING SOUTHBOUND ON THE MAIN TAXIWAY TO DEPART RUNWAY 32. AT APPROXIMATELY MIDFIELD A VEHICLE OCCUPYING THE SAME TAXIWAY, APPROACHING HEADON, PULLED OFF THE TAXIWAY TO ALLOW AIRCRAFT TO PASS. PILOT BELIEVED HE HAD CLEARANCE BUT STRUCK THE VEHICLE AT APPROXIMATELY THE INNER EDGE OF THE LEFT WINGTIP. AIRPORT SIGNAGE INSTRUCTS VEHICLES TO PARK 15 FEET FROM THE TAXIWAY BUT THIS VEHICLE ONLY PULLED ABOUT 2 FEET OFF THE TAXIWAY. THERE WERE NO INJURIES TO THE 3 OCCUPANTS OF THE PLANE OR THE VEHICLE. NONSUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE TO AIRCRAFT LEFT WINGTIP, OUTERMOST RIB AND SKIN.

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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