- Date
- October 17, 1982, 15:30 local (20:30 UTC)
- Place
- Indianapolis, IN
- Injuries
- 8 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Taxi
- Aircraft
- N173MASwearingen SA227-AC
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report October 17, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19821017053509A
- Case key
- 71150
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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 - building(nonresidential)Factor
Proper assistance - inadequateCause
Analysis
The left wing struck a building during taxi into the passenger gate. Ground personnel were stationed on each side of the aircraft.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N173MA
- Reported as
- Swearingen SA227-AC
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- TC415
- Engine
- Airesearch TPE-331, 1,000 horsepower, turbo prop
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Part 135
- Operator
- Miostates Airlines
- Registered owner
- Miostates Airlines
- Departed
- MKE · Milwaukee, WI
- Destination
- 05C · Griffith, IN
- Airport
- IND · Indianapolis Int'L. Aprt.
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
- 27
- Certificate
- Airline transport
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Single-engine sea, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Flight hours
- 5,832 total · 3,800 in this make and model · 4,500 as pilot in command · 280 in the last 90 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 90° at 6 knots
- Visibility
- 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 25,000 ft overcast
- Temperature
- 131 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- IND
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.