- Date
- November 13, 2004, 12:30 local (18:30 UTC)
- Place
- Sikeston, MO
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Taxi
- Aircraft
- N3464QPiper PA-28R-201T
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report January 24, 2005
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- Parties
- St Louis, MO, FSDO
- FAA report
- 20041113032909A
- Case key
- 60638
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Probable cause
The pilot not maintaining his visual lookout and not maintaining clearance from the pole during his taxi to park from a landing. A factor was the pole he impacted.
Sequence of events
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Analysis
The airplane sustained substantial damage when it taxied into a pole. The pilot's accident report stated, "Taxied to the main ramp by the FBO, which was full. I transition to an alternate ramp and was hugging the grass in order to do my 90 degree turn and park. As I was doing this I looked for tie downs and lost situational awareness. The left wing hit a wooden pole 2 ' - 3' in from the edge."
Factual narrative
On November 13, 2004, about 1230 central standard time, a Piper PA-28R-201T, N3464Q, piloted by a private pilot, sustained substantial damage when it taxied into a pole at the Sikeston Memorial Municipal Airport (SIK), near Sikeston, Missouri. The personal flight was operating under 14 CFR Part 91. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed at the time of the accident. No flight plan was on file. The pilot and passenger reported no injuries. The flight originated from the Greenwood Municipal Airport (HFY), near Indianapolis, Indiana, about 1030.
The pilot's accident report stated:
Departed HFY at 16:30 Zulu and landed at KSIK. Taxied
to the main ramp by the FBO, which was full. I transition
to an alternate ramp and was hugging the grass in order to
do my 90 degree turn and park. As I was doing this I
looked for tie downs and lost situational awareness. The
left wing hit a wooden pole 2 ' - 3' in from the edge.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3464Q
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28R-201T
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 28R-7703110
- Airframe hours
- 4,334
- Engine
- Continental TSIO-360-FB, 200 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Airwolf Leasing LLC
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · February 3, 2004 · 117.2 hours before
- Departed
- HFY · Indianapolis, IN
- Destination
- SIK · Sikeston, MO
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Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 36
- Injuries
- None
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Last flight review
- June 5, 2004
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 156 total · 66 in this make and model · 112 as pilot in command · 17 in the last 90 days · 9 in the last 30 days · 3 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 40° at 11 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 52 °F, dew point 34 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.47 inHg
- Observed at
- CGI, 20 nm away
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.