- Date
- June 10, 1984, 10:30 local (14:30 UTC)
- Place
- Wauseon, OH
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Taxi
- Aircraft
- N95478Piper PA-28-140
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19840610023679A
- Case key
- 12643
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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 - tree(s)Factor
Clearance - misjudgedCause
Analysis
While taxiing on the S0D for takeoff, the left wing hit a tree.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N95478
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28-140
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 28-25987
- Airframe hours
- 4,500
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-E2A, 150 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Paul R. Atwood, Jr.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · January 3, 1984 · 4,500 hours before
- Destination
- 3NP · Napoleon, MI
- Airport
- 64D · Exit 3
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
- 53
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 317 total · 270 in this make and model · 275 as pilot in command · 12 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 230° at 20 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
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 N95478 · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.