- Date
- November 25, 1989, 12:00 local (18:00 UTC)
- Place
- Freeport, IL
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Taxi
- Aircraft
- N43313Piper PA-28-151
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report June 26, 1992
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19891125047829A
- Case key
- 14597
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Probable cause
The pilot-in-command's failure to properly judge the clearance between his airplane and a parked vehicle.
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.
Analysis
While taxiing across the apron, the pilot misjudged the clearance and struck a parked van with the wingtip.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N43313
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28-151
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 28-7415456
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-E3D, 150 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Freeport Air Service
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · October 6, 1989 · 98 hours before
- Flight plan
- Unknown
- Airport
- PEP · Albertus
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
- 67
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 5,000 total · 15 in this make and model · 2,000 as pilot in command · 10 in the last 90 days · 6 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 210° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 2,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 45 °F, dew point -0 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
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 N43313 · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.