- Date
- August 19, 1984, 11:55 local (17:55 UTC)
- Place
- Cheyenne, WY
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Taxi
- Aircraft
- N43DRPiper PA-38
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19840819041729A
- Case key
- 16460
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
Following an uneventful solo flight the student plt began to follow a parking vehicle to a parking spot. The spot that the parking vehicle driver selected necessitated that the acft execute a 180 deg turn just priop to stopping. During this turn the right wing of the acft struck a construction fence post adjacent to the parking spot even though the plt stated that he was exactly centered on the yellow taxiway stripe. During the accident the lineman made no indication that the wingtip was getting close to the fence. According to measurements taken after the accident, if the nosewheel tracked exactly on the yellow centerline the right wingtip would have cleared the fence post by 6 inches. Another lineman not involved in this mishap stated that 'he was wondering when something like this was going to happen because there was not enough clearance from the fence to the taxiway strip for an aircraft to get by.' He made this statement after the accident.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N43DR
- Reported as
- Piper PA-38
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 38-82A0016
- Airframe hours
- 773
- Engine
- Lycoming O-235-L2C, 110 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Sky Harbor Air Service, Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · July 19, 1984 · 29 hours before
- Airport
- CYS · Cheyenne Municipal
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Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 41
- Certificate
- Student
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 81 total · 31 as pilot in command · 19 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 130° at 10 knots
- Visibility
- 60 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 73 °F, dew point 57 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 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 N43DR · 2
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.