- Date
- August 9, 1977
- Place
- Huntingburg, IN · HUNTINGBURG, IN
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Taxi
- Aircraft
- N32174Piper PA-34
- Status
- Completed · report November 18, 1977
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19770809030709A
- Case key
- 145804
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NTSB brief
NTSB’s brief of the accident, as it was printed: the coded facts, with the probable cause and factors.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FILE DATE LOCATION AIRCRAFT DATA INJURIES FLIGHT PILOT DATA F S M/N PURPOSE ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2613 77/8/9 HUNTINGBURG,IN PIPER PA-34 CR- 0 0 1 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 0930 N32174 PX- 0 0 2 AIR TAXI-PASSG AGE 25, 3883 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 98 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - HUNTINGBURG DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION HUNTINGBURG,IN ASHVILLE,NC TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GEAR COLLAPSED TAXI: TO TAKEOFF PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED CLEARANCE FACTOR(S) AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES - AIRPORT CONDITIONS: SOFT SHOULDERS MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OVERLOAD FAILURE REMARKS- PILOT WAS ATTEMPTING A 180 DEGREE TURN ON A TAXIWAY WHEN THE RT MAIN LEFT THE PAVED SURFACE.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N32174
- Reported as
- Piper PA-34
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Huntingburg
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FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.