42.6639° N, 82.9654° WPlaced by OpenAirDocs at Berz-Macomb Airport, closed, within about a mile.Open in the map
Date
October 2, 1983 · 10:20 local
Place
Utica, MI
Airport
Berzmacomb
Phase of flight
Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N6195A
Reported as
Piper PA31T
Reported engine
Pratt & Whitney PT6A28
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
3,250 total500 in this make and model15 in the last 90 days
From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.
What happened
The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.
Propellers struck the surface while taxiing thru a depression on the ramp. May have taxied too fast.
As the FAA filed it
PROPELLERS STRUCK THE SURFACE WHILE TAXIING THRU A DEPRESSION ON THE RAMP. MAY HAVE TAXIED TOO FAST.