# NTSB CHI82DA257: Beech 36, N52GS, Ypsilanti, MI, July 18, 1982

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Final report
- Date: July 18, 1982, 09:57 local (13:57 UTC)
- Place: Ypsilanti, MI
- Coordinates: 42.239574, -83.620468 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.2396&lon=-83.6205&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Taxi](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/250) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 6 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report July 18, 1983
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 73113
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CHI82DA257
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/73113/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI82DA257

## Sequence of events

In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf).

- On ground/water collision with object, taxi
  - throttle/power control - improper use of, pilot in command (cause)
  - diverted attention, pilot in command (cause)
  - brakes(normal) - improper use of, pilot in command (cause)

## 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](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N52GS), registered now, S/N E-122, built 1968 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH 36
- Registry model: [Beech 36](https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-36) (registry code 1151602) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental IO-520 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-520-series) (registry code 17032, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: E122
- Airframe hours: 1995
- Engines: 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

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 35; 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19820718029749A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19820718029749A), Jul 18, 1982: Beech 36BEECH, Ypsilanti, MI, Substantial damage. Reached to help passenger to open door while engine idling, bumped throttle. Airplane ran into a parked aircraft.

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

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