# Incident 20260429010702I: Piper PA-28RT-201T, Minden, NV, April 29, 2026

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 29, 2026, 11:50 local time
- Place: Minden, NV
- Airport: Minden-Tahoe
- Damage: Minor damage
- Collision: Collision on the ground
- Phase of flight: Taxi
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 39.0005° N, 119.7511° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at MINDEN-TAHOE (MEV), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.0005&lon=-119.7511&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8252D, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N8252D) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28RT-201T (registry code 7102817, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28rt-201t) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental TSIO-360 series (registry code 17019, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-tsio-360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-28RT-201T
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 1,275 total, 883 in this make and model, 4 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20260429010702I

## Narrative

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

ON 04/29/2026 A PA-28 WAS TAXIING AT THE KMEV AIRPORT AND WAS ATTEMPTING TO MANUVER AROUND A GLIDER THAT WAS BEING TOWED BY A PICKUP TRUCK. IN THE ATTEMPT TO DO SO THE PA-28 STRUCK THE LEFT-WING TRAILING EDGE OF THE GLIDER WITH THE RIGHT-WING LEADING EDGE OF THE PA-28. THE CREATED DAMAGE TO THE LEFT AEILERON OF THE GLIDER AND CAUSED THE GLIDER TO STRIKE THE PICKUP TRUCK WITH THE TAIL OF THE GLIDER CAUSING DAMAGE TO THE TAIL OF THE GLIDER. THE GLIDER WAS NOT OCCUPIED AT THE TIME OF THE IMPACT. THE PA-28 SUFFERED AN APPROXIMATELY 5-INCH-LONG DENT ON THE RIGHT-WING LEADING EGDE WHICH WAS LESS THAN AN INCH IN DEPTH. THE PILOT WAS THE LONE OCCUPANT OF THE PA-28 AND DID NOT REPORT ANY INJURY.

## Other aircraft in the event

- N45DG, Glaser-Dirks DG-400: no report for this aircraft; [N45DG](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N45DG) is registered now

## Other reports on N8252D (1)

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

- [Incident 20000104000119I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000104000119I), Jan 4, 2000: Piper PA28RT201T (N8252D), Sacramento, CA, Minor damage. (-23) Mr. Kennedy was interviewed and his pilot records were inspected by principal operation inspector delviny patno. Mr. Kennedy's records indicated he had…

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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