# NTSB ATL84LA047: Piper PA28-181, N83816, Bessemer, AL, November 8, 1983

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: November 8, 1983, 16:30 local (22:30 UTC)
- Place: Bessemer, AL
- Coordinates: 33.37051, -86.959419 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.3705&lon=-86.9594&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Taxi](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/250) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 2 uninjured
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 6388
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=ATL84LA047
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/6388/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL84LA047

## Sequence of events

In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf).

- On ground/water collision with object, taxi - to takeoff
  - object - vehicle (contributing factor)
  - visual lookout - inadequate, pilot in command (cause)
  - clearance - misjudged, pilot in command (cause)
  - proper assistance - not attained, pilot in command (cause)
  - crew/group coordination - poor, pilot in command (cause)

## 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](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N83816-1988-03-09), registration cancelled 1988-03-09, S/N 288190226 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28-181
- Registry model: [Piper PA-28-181](https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-181) (registry code 7102807) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 28-8190226
- Airframe hours: 870
- Engines: 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

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 57; 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19831108074829A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19831108074829A), Nov 8, 1983: Piper PA28181, Bessemer, AL, Substantial damage. Aircraft stuck parked car during taxi out for takeoff.

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

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