# NTSB CHI82DA353: Piper PA-23-250, N642MS, Fort Wayne, IN, September 16, 1982

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Final report
- Date: September 16, 1982, 18:10 local (23:10 UTC)
- Place: Fort Wayne, IN
- Coordinates: 41.069927, -85.170028 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.0699&lon=-85.1700&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Taxi](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/250) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 4 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report September 16, 1983
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 70715
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CHI82DA353
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/70715/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI82DA353

## Sequence of events

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

- Nose gear collapsed, taxi - from landing
  - airport facilities,taxiway condition - hidden obstruction(s) (cause)
  - landing gear,nose gear - failure,total (cause)
  - landing gear,nose gear - overload

## Analysis

PLT TAXIED OFF RWY ONTO GRASS TO GIVE WAY TO LANDING TRAFFIC. PAVED TAXIWAYS ARE NOT AVAILABLE & 50 FT EITHER SIDE OF RUNWAY IS USED FOR TAXIING WITH THE GRASS BEING KEPT MOWED. BEFORE HE WAS ABLE TO TAXI BACK ONTO THE PAVED RWY THE GROUND GAVE WAY & THE NOSE AND GEAR COLLAPSED.

## Aircraft

- Registration: N642MS (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-23-250
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 277954037
- Airframe hours: 1560
- Engines: LYCOMING TIO-540-C1A 250 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Business, Part 91
- Operator: Shambaugh & Son, Inc.
- Registered owner: Shambaugh & Son, Inc.
- Departed: 3EV, EVANSVILLE, IN
- Airport: SMD, Smith Field, runway 31, 2,900 × 100 ft, asphalt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 27; airline transport; airplane ratings: multi-engine land, single-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 1, valid medical--w/ waivers/lim; flight hours: 8,599 total, 735 in this make and model, 8,386 as pilot in command, 159 in the last 90 days, 4 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 310° at 5 knots
- Visibility: 15 statute miles
- Temperature: 158 °F

## 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 19820916047469A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19820916047469A), Sep 16, 1982: Piper PA23250, Ft Wayne, IN, Substantial damage. Pilot taxied off runway and nose wheel collapsed when it hit a hole.

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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