- Date
- November 8, 1983, 16:30 local (22:30 UTC)
- Place
- Bessemer, AL
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Taxi
- Aircraft
- N83816Piper PA28-181
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19831108074829A
- Case key
- 6388
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
The acft collided with a station wagon while taxiing for takeoff during a purchaser demonstration flt. The prospective buyers were a husband and wife and the wife was occupying the left front seat with the CFI in the right seat. The CFI stated, that while turning to taxi the acft's left wing main spar was damaged when the acft collided with the station wagon.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N83816
- Reported as
- Piper PA28-181
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 28-8190226
- Airframe hours
- 870
- Engine
- Lycoming O-360-A4M, 180 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Bessemer Aviation
- Registered owner
- David B. Kuykendall, Dvm
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Unknown · September 9, 1983 · 90 hours before
- Departed
- 2A3 · Bessemer, AL
- Airport
- 2A3 · Beesemer
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
- 57
- Certificates
- Commercial, Flight instructor
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Right
- Flight hours
- 1,505 total · 194 in this make and model · 1,243 as pilot in command
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.