- Date
- October 28, 1982, 23:56 local (Oct 29, 1982, 03:56 UTC)
- Place
- Columbus, OH
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Taxi
- Aircraft
- N7850YPiper PA-30
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Night/bright
- Status
- Completed · report October 28, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19821029066059A
- Case key
- 70320
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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 encounter with terrain/water
Terrain condition - ditchFactor
Visual lookout - inadequateCause
Airport facilities,taxiway lighting - inadequateFactor
Airport facilities,taxiway marking - inadequateFactor
Analysis
The pilot taxiied onto 8 foot culvert after landing. Pilot complained of taxiway markings and lighting. He also said he never saw the culvert.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7850Y
- Reported as
- Piper PA-30
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 30-930
- Airframe hours
- 4,868
- Engine
- Lycoming IO-320-B1A, 160 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Part 135
- Operator
- Raf Aviation
- Registered owner
- Raf Aviation
- Departed
- BKL · Cleveland, OH
- Destination
- C · Marango, IA
- Airport
- CMH · Port Columbus
N7850YRegistration cancelled May 1, 2013 · Piper PA-30Airframe modelPiper PA-30Engine modelLycoming IO-320 series
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
- 47
- Certificates
- Commercial, Flight instructor
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Flight hours
- 2,900 total · 104 in this make and model · 2,800 as pilot in command · 100 in the last 90 days · 50 in the last 30 days · 4 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Night/bright
- Wind
- 140° at 7 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Temperature
- 126 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- CMH
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.
Other investigations on N7850Y · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.