- Date
- October 5, 1983, 23:50 local (Oct 6, 1983, 03:50 UTC)
- Place
- Ypsilanti, MI
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Taxi
- Aircraft
- N47519Piper PA-32R-300
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19831005066539I
- Case key
- 12492
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
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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 - vehicleFactor
Visual lookout - not possibleFactor
Light condition - dark nightFactor
Procedures/directives - improperCause
Analysis
The acft was struck by a truck as it taxied on the ramp after landing. The fire department reported the truck left a 25 ft skid mark as it came out from an area of parked acft and struck N47519.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N47519
- Reported as
- Piper PA-32R-300
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 32R-7880011
- Airframe hours
- 1,552
- Engine
- Lycoming IO-540, 300 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Part 135
- Registered owner
- Wolverine Air Charter
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · September 1, 1983
- Departed
- Buffalo, NY
- Flight plan
- IFR
- Airport
- YIP · Willow Run, runway 06, macadam
N47519Registration cancelled Apr 18, 2013 · Piper PA-32R-300Airframe modelPiper PA-32R-300Engine modelLycoming IO-540 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
- 24
- Certificates
- Flight instructor, Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 2,080 total · 30 in this make and model · 1,933 as pilot in command · 153 in the last 90 days · 3 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 10,000 ft overcast
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.