- Date
- May 26, 1991, 11:45 local (15:45 UTC)
- Place
- Quinton, VA
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Phase of flight
- Taxi
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report March 31, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA reports
- 19910526063222A19910526063221A
- Case key
- 11678
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Probable cause
The pilot's failure to maintain adequate clearance from a moving aircraft.
The pilot of the other aircraft failed to maintain adequate clearance.
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
The pilot was taxiing in the ramp area headed toward the parallel taxiway for runway 28 when he struck the rear of another moving airplane, a smith STP1 biplane. The pilot reported that he did not see the airplane before the impact. The right wing strut struck the other airplane's rudder and then its aft section with the propeller.
The pilot was taxiing on the ramp headed toward the parallel taxiway for runway 28, when his airplane was struck in the rear by another moving airplane. The pilot stated he did not see the airplane before impact.
Aircraft · 2
- Registration
- N949Z
- Reported as
- Smith, Ted Aerostar STP1
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 1ST64
- Engine
- Lycoming O 290 D2, 150 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Walter K. Crawford, Jr.
- Registered owner
- Walter K. Crawford
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Experimental (Special)
- Last inspection
- Unknown · January 2, 2000
- Departed
- W96
- Destination
- W96
- Airport
- W95 · New Kent County, runway 28, 3,600 × 75 ft, asphalt
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.
- Registration
- N38272
- Reported as
- Piper J3C 65
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 6898
- Engine
- Continental A65, 65 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Peter W. Womack
- Registered owner
- Peter W. Womack
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Unknown · January 2, 2000
- Departed
- W96
- Destination
- W96
- Airport
- W95 · New Kent County
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 · 2
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot, aircraft N949Z
- Age
- 58
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Unknown, Unknown
- Flight hours
- 750 total
- Role
- Pilot, aircraft N38272
- Age
- 43
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Unknown, Unknown
- Seat
- Rear
- Flight hours
- 1,600 total
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 230° at 7 knots
- Visibility
- 7 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 90 °F, dew point 70 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
FAA reports on this event · 2
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.