- Date
- January 9, 1984, 22:22 local (Jan 10, 1984, 04:22 UTC)
- Place
- Chicago, IL
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Taxi
- Aircraft
- N8424DPiper PA-34-220T
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- Case key
- 12532
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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
Light condition - dark nightFactor
ObjectFactor
Visual lookout - inadequateCause
Analysis
The acft was being taxied from landing. At a service road intersection a baggage tug collided with the right wing. The acft lights were reportedly on at the time of the accident. The driver of the tug said he was not looking for a small acft on the taxiway, but instead he just looked for big acft.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8424D
- Reported as
- Piper PA-34-220T
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 34-8233185
- Airframe hours
- 960
- Engine
- Continental TSIO-360, 220 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Part 135
- Operator
- Aviation Management Corp.
- Registered owner
- John F. Bush, Jr., Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · July 1, 1983 · 887 hours before
- Departed
- MSN · Madison, WI
- Flight plan
- Unknown
- Airport
- ORD · O'Hare Intl
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 29
- Certificates
- Flight instructor, Airline transport
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 4,580 total · 520 in this make and model · 4,470 as pilot in command · 150 in the last 90 days · 5 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Wind
- 270° at 8 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 5 °F, dew point 5 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- ORD