- Date
- September 12, 1978
- Place
- Bountiful, UT · BOUNTIFUL, UT
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Taxi
- Aircraft
- N7989WPiper PA-28
- Status
- Completed · report December 15, 1978
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19780912033539A
- Case key
- 139379
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3380 78/9/12 BOUNTIFUL,UT PIPER PA-28 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 26, 113 TIME - 0700 N7989W PX- 0 0 1 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 54 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - SKYPARK DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION BOUNTIFUL,UT LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: OBJECT TAXI: TO TAKEOFF PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - DIVERTED ATTENTION FROM OPERATION OF AIRCRAFT PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED CLEARANCE REMARKS- AC HIT GARBAGE CONTAINER.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7989W
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Skypark
N7989WRegistered now · Piper PA-28-180Airframe modelPiper PA-28-180Engine modelLycoming O&VO-360 series
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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Other investigations on N7989W · 1
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