# Incident 20251027019289I: Piper PA-24-250, Henderson, NV, October 27, 2025

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 27, 2025, 09:03 local time
- Place: Henderson, NV
- Airport: Henderson Executive
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Taxi
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 35.9729° N, 115.1344° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at HENDERSON EXEC (HND), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.9729&lon=-115.1344&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8235P, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N8235P) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-24-250 (registry code 7102404, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-24-250) (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-24-250
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 2,405 total
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20251027019289I

## Narrative

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

10/27/2025, HENDERSON EXECUTIVE AIRPORT, NV (HND) 0903 PDT A PA-24-250 WHILE TAXIING, PROPELLER STRUCK KNOWN OBJECT (TRAFFIC CONE) PLACED IN CLOSE PROXIMITY OF FUEL ISLAND.

1 OCCUPANT ON BOARD (PILOT), NO INJURIES, NO OTHER DAMAGE TO AIRCRAFT OR SURROUNDING AIRCRAFT, VEHICLES, OR STRUCTURES. AFTER REFUELING, PILOT PERFORMED A WALK AROUND NOTICED ANOTHER AIRCRAFT (C-172) AND SEVERAL TRAFFIC CONES SCATTERED AROUND THE GENERAL LOCATION APPROXIMATELY 100 FEET DIRECTLY IN FRONT OF INCIDENT AIRCRAFT, BUT NOT IN HIS INTENDED TAXI PATH. PILOT RE-ENTERED INCIDENT AIRCRAFT, STARTED ENGINE AND BEGAN TAXINING TO DESIGNATED PARKING. INCIDENT AIRCRAFT TAXIED BEHIND (C-172) WHERE IT STRUCK A TRAFFIC CONE. PILOT STATED HE WAS IN THE CENTER OF THE TAXI LANE. PILOT SHUTDOWN AIRCRAFT AND INSPECTED FOR DAMAGE. PILOT NOTICED PROPELLER DAMAGE AND THAT THE TRAFFIC CONE FLEW 30 FEET TO HIS LEFT. AIRCRAFT WAS SUBSEQUENTLY PULLED INTO PARKING SPOT AND AIRPORT MANAGER NOTIFIED. ASI CONDUCTED ON SITE INSPECTION OF AIRCRAFT AND CONFIRMED PROPELLER STRIKE WAS THE ONLY DAMAGE FOUND TO AIRCRAFT.

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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