- Date
- April 16, 1982, 19:30 local (Apr 17, 1982, 00:30 UTC)
- Place
- Columbia, SC
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Taxi
- Aircraft
- N82013Piper PA-34-200J
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Status
- Completed · report April 16, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19820416010899A
- Case key
- 70308
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
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Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
On ground/water collision with object
Light condition - dark nightFactor
Interpretation of instructions - improperFactor
Visual lookout - inadequateCause
Visual/aural perceptionFactor
Communications/information/atc - inadequateFactor
Object - aircraft parked/standingFactor
Analysis
After landing at night, the pilot was cleared to a parking area. A lineman with wands responded to assist. While attempting to follow the signals from the lineman, the pilot taxied into another aircraft.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N82013
- Reported as
- Piper PA-34-200J
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 34-8-7-214
- Airframe hours
- 1,867
- Engine
- Continental TSIO-360ED, 310 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Annie Harner
- Registered owner
- Annie Harner
- Departed
- Greenville, SC
- Destination
- Columbia, SC
- Airport
- CAE · Col. Metro, runway 11, 7,551 × 0 ft
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 39
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 1,450 total · 650 in this make and model · 1,292 as pilot in command · 142 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Visibility
- 50 statute miles
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.