- Date
- October 23, 1978
- Place
- Indianapolis, IN · INDIANAPOLIS, IN
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Taxi
- Aircraft
- N62856Piper PA-31
- Status
- Completed · report February 6, 1979
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19781023033619A
- Case key
- 138548
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3996 78/10/23 INDIANAPOLIS,IN PIPER PA-31 CR- 0 0 1 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 23, 1581 TIME - 2228 N62856 PX- 0 0 0 AIR TAXI-CARGO TOTAL HOURS, 97 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - INDIANAPOLIS,INT DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION INDIANAPOLIS,IN WILLMETON,OH TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: OBJECT TAXI: TO TAKEOFF PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - DIVERTED ATTENTION FROM OPERATION OF AIRCRAFT PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO SEE AND AVOID OBJECTS OR OBSTRUCTIONS PERSONNEL - TRAFFIC CONTROL PERSONNEL: FAILURE TO ADVISE OF UNSAFE AIRPORT CONDITIONS REMARKS- STRUCK SAW HORSES WITH FLASHERS OPERATING.ATC CLEARED ACFT TO CLOSED/BARRICADED TAXIWAY.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N62856
- Reported as
- Piper PA-31
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- turbo prop
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Indianapolis,Int
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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.