- Date
- November 25, 1983, 18:00 local (23:00 UTC)
- Place
- Charlotte, NC
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Taxi
- Aircraft
- N2302CCessna T303
- Weather
- Not reported
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19831125059059A
- Case key
- 6392
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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.
Analysis
During taxi for takeoff the pilot became disoriented and the acft collided with a ditch where construction of a new taxiway and old asphalt connected. The plt stated he could not determine the difference in the levels of the two surfaces. The taxiway was not lighted nor was the dugout area barricaded or marked.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2302C
- Reported as
- Cessna T303
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- T 3030094
- Airframe hours
- 125
- Engine
- Continental TSI-O52AE, 250 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Bill Small
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · April 5, 1983 · 54 hours before
- Departed
- CLT · Charlotte
- Destination
- Gastonia, NC
- Flight plan
- Unknown
- Airport
- CLT · Douglass
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
- 56
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 13,000 total · 150 in this make and model · 50 in the last 90 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Not reported
- Temperature
- -0 °F, dew point -0 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.