- Date
- July 18, 1982, 09:57 local (13:57 UTC)
- Place
- Ypsilanti, MI
- Injuries
- 6 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Taxi
- Aircraft
- N52GSBeech 36
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report July 18, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19820718029749A
- Case key
- 73113
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Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
Analysis
After the engine was started, the pilot found that he needed a new microphone. He stated that he leaned over to the right to help the passenger open the door and apparently bumped the throttle. The aircraft moved and struck a parked Grumman American AA-5A, N9929U.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N52GS
- Reported as
- Beech 36
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- E122
- Airframe hours
- 1,995
- Engine
- Continental IO-520, 285 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Fire
- Both
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Dennis Norton
- Registered owner
- Acme Flight Service
- Departed
- YIP · Ypsilanti, MI
- Destination
- Y84 · Macinac, MI
- Flight plan
- VFR
- Airport
- YIP · Willow Run
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 35
- Certificates
- Flight instructor, Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 1,584 total · 41 in this make and model · 1,477 as pilot in command · 35 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 220° at 8 knots
- Visibility
- 3 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 10,000 ft broken
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- YIP
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.