- Date
- September 8, 1982, 17:00 local (21:00 UTC)
- Place
- Holland, MI
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Taxi
- Aircraft
- N54847Piper PA-23-250
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report September 8, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19820908045019A
- Case key
- 71050
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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.
On ground/water collision with object
Object - airport facility
Visual lookout - inadequateCause
Analysis
Pilot taxiing to takeoff collided with fuel pumps.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N54847
- Reported as
- Piper PA-23-250
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 277554147
- Airframe hours
- 1,981
- Engine
- Lycoming IO-540-C4B5, 250 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Part 135
- Operator
- Franklin Flying Service
- Registered owner
- Franklin Flying Service
- Departed
- C19 · Holland, MI
- Destination
- PWK · Wheeling, IL
- Airport
- C19 · Tulip City
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
- 29
- Certificate
- Airline transport
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 4,310 total · 80 in this make and model · 3,700 as pilot in command · 45 in the last 90 days · 10 in the last 30 days · 5 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Temperature
- 162 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- C19
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.