- Date
- January 13, 1978
- Place
- Champaign, IL · CHAMPAIGN, IL
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Taxi
- Aircraft
- N9430KPiper PA-32R
- Status
- Completed · report April 3, 1978
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19780113002939A
- Case key
- 143645
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0160 78/1/13 CHAMPAIGN,IL PIPER PA-32R CR- 0 0 1 MISCELLANEOUS PRIVATE, AGE 45, 440 TIME - 1400 N9430K PX- 0 0 0 FERRY TOTAL HOURS, 12 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - U OF IL-WILLARD DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION CHAMPAIGN,IL URBANA,IL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: AUTOMOBILE TAXI: TO TAKEOFF PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO SEE AND AVOID OBJECTS OR OBSTRUCTIONS PERSONNEL - MISCELLANEOUS-PERSONNEL: DRIVER OF VEHICLE
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9430K
- Reported as
- Piper PA-32R
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- U Of Il-Willard
N9430KRegistration cancelled Mar 16, 2015 · Piper PA-32R-300Airframe modelPiper PA-32R-300Engine modelLycoming TI0-540 series
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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Other investigations on N9430K · 1
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