- Date
- April 17, 1987, 16:45 local (21:45 UTC)
- Place
- Columbus, OH
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Taxi
- Aircraft
- N2183DPiper PA-28-181
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report March 30, 1988
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19870417011909A
- Case key
- 7412
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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
While taxiing for takeoff on a local flight, the aircraft collided with a parked fuel truck. The pilot said he saw the parked truck and attempted to taxi between it and some parked aircraft. The pilot said he misjudged the clearance and the left wing struck the truck. The aircraft sustained substantial airframe damage.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2183D
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28-181
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 28-7990163
- Airframe hours
- 4,123
- Engine
- Lycoming O-360, 180 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Business · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Cooper Aviation
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · July 3, 1986
- Destination
- OSU · Columbus, OH
- Airport
- Port Columbus
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
- 33
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 1,275 total · 986 in this make and model · 1,188 as pilot in command · 116 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 350° at 6 knots
- Visibility
- 12 statute miles
- Temperature
- 63 °F, dew point -0 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- CMH
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.