- Date
- August 9, 1978
- Place
- Denver, CO · DENVER, CO
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Taxi
- Aircraft
- N47378Piper PA-28
- Status
- Completed · report October 31, 1978
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19780809036489A
- Case key
- 139742
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NTSB brief
NTSB’s brief of the accident, as it was printed: the coded facts, with the probable cause and factors.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FILE DATE LOCATION AIRCRAFT DATA INJURIES FLIGHT PILOT DATA F S M/N PURPOSE ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2745 78/8/9 DENVER,CO PIPER PA-28 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 35, UNK/NR TIME - 0805 N47378 PX- 0 0 1 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 31 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - STAPLETON INTL DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION DENVER,CO LOGAN,UT TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: PARKED AIRCRAFT TAXI: TO TAKEOFF PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED CLEARANCE REMARKS- SUBSTANTIAL DMG TO PA-31,N59972.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N47378
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Stapleton Intl
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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Other investigations on N47378 · 1
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