# Accident 20250807011669A: Piper PA-28-181, Inverness, FL, August 7, 2025

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 7, 2025, 12:55 local time
- Place: Inverness, FL
- Airport: Inverness
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Taxi
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 28.8026° N, 82.3186° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=28.8026&lon=-82.3186&mi=10
- Aircraft: N686JA, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N686JA) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-181 (registry code 7102807, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-181) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming IO-360-B4A (registry code 41867, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-io-360-b4a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-28-181
- Reported engine: LYCOMING IO-360-B4A
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 80 total, 18 in this make and model, 18 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ERA25LA293](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA25LA293) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20250807011669A

## Narrative

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

ON AUGUST 7, 2025, AT 1255 EDT, A PIPER PA-28-181, ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^, REGISTERED TO^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ STRUCK TAXIWAY SIGN A3 WHILE TAXIING ON TAXIWAY ALPHA TO RUNWAY 01 AT INVERNESS AIRPORT (KINF), FLORIDA. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME. THE PILOT DID NOT SUSTAIN INJURIES, BUT THE AIRCRAFT WAS SUBSTANTIALLY DAMAGED. THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED AT ORLANDO APOPKA AIRPORT (X04), FLORIDA, EARLIER THAT DAY.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB ERA25LA293](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA25LA293), Aug 7, 2025: Piper PA-28-181 (N686JA), Inverness Highlands South, FL, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot’s inadequate monitoring of the airplane during taxi which resulted in collision with a sign.

## Other reports on N686JA (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Accident 20240320018989A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20240320018989A), Mar 20, 2024: Piper PA-28-181 (N686JA), Apopka, FL, Minor damage. On 03/20/2024 at approximately 10:16 EST aircraft was returning from a solo cross-country flight and taxing on taxiway alpha at X04 when the aircraft struck an…

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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