- Date
- October 4, 1978
- Place
- Chicago, IL · CHICAGO, IL
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Taxi
- Aircraft
- N5909VPiper PA-32
- Status
- Completed · report March 13, 1979
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19781004043819A
- Case key
- 138567
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-4131 78/10/4 CHICAGO,IL PIPER PA-32 CR- 0 0 1 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 24, 1400 TIME - 0125 N5909V PX- 0 0 0 AIR TAXI-CARGO TOTAL HOURS, 150 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - O,HARE DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION CHICAGO,IL MINNEAPOLIS,MN TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: AUTOMOBILE TAXI: TO TAKEOFF PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PERSONNEL - MISCELLANEOUS-PERSONNEL: DRIVER OF VEHICLE REMARKS- R WING STRUCK BY FORWARD LEFT SIDE OF UTILITY TRUCK.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5909V
- Reported as
- Piper PA-32
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- O,Hare
N5909VRegistration cancelled Jul 6, 2020 · Piper PA-32-300Airframe modelPiper PA-32-300Engine modelLycoming TI0-540 series
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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Other investigations on N5909V · 1
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