# NTSB ATL85FKG05: Piper PA-31, N902BH, Atlanta, GA, May 2, 1985

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Final report
- Date: May 2, 1985, 07:14 local (11:14 UTC)
- Place: Atlanta, GA
- Coordinates: 33.660434, -84.390518 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.6604&lon=-84.3905&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): 6649
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=ATL85FKG05
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/6649/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL85FKG05

## 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
  - visual lookout - inadequate, driver of vehicle (cause)
  - object - vehicle

## Analysis

ON MAY 2, 1985, AT 0714 EDT, A PIPER PA-31, N902BH, REGISERED TO PAUL M. FURNEE, WAS STRUCK BY A GROUND VEHICLE WHILE TAXIING FOR TAKE OFF AT HARTSFIELD INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT, ATLANTA, GEORGIA ON AN AIRTAXI CARGO FLIGHT. INSTRUMENT METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME AND AN IFR FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N902BH](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N902BH-2013-05-17), registration cancelled 2013-05-17, S/N 31-37, built 1967 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-31
- Registry model: [Piper PA-31-310](https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-31-310) (registry code 7103102) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Lycoming TI0-540 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-ti0-540-series) (registry code 41533, turbo-prop) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 31-37
- Airframe hours: 6672
- Engines: LYCOMING TIO-540 310 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Part 135
- Operator: Readi-Air
- Registered owner: Paul M.Furnee
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Departed: ATL, ATLANTA, GA
- Destination: SAV, SAVANNAH, GA
- Flight plan: IFR
- Airport: ATL, Hartsfield

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 27; airline transport, commercial; airplane ratings: multi-engine land, single-engine land; medical: class 1, valid medical--w/ waivers/lim; seat: left; flight hours: 4,220 total, 81 in this make and model, 4,010 as pilot in command, 102 in the last 90 days, 3 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Instrument (IMC), Day
- Wind: 150° at 10 knots
- Visibility: 2 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: 400 ft broken
- Temperature: 61 °F, dew point 59 °F
- Altimeter: 29.00 inHg
- Observed at: ATL

## 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 19850502016859A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19850502016859A), May 2, 1985: Piper PA31, Atlanta, GA, Substantial damage. Was struck by ford truck in heavy rain while taxiing. Truck driver was wiping fogged windshield during collision.

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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