- Date
- March 27, 1968
- Place
- Gloucester, VA · GLOUCESTER, VA
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Taxi
- Aircraft
- N8382PPiper PA-24
- Status
- Completed · report May 2, 1968
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 111684
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0631 68/3/27 GLOUCESTER,VA PIPER PA-24 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 35, 899 TIME - 1400 N8382P PX- 0 0 2 BUSINESS TOTAL HOURS, 649 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - EVANS TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: AIRPORT HAZARD TAXI: OTHER PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PERSONNEL - AIRPORT SUPERVISORY PERSONNEL: IMPROPER MAINTENANCE-AIRPORT FACILITIES AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES - AIRPORT CONDITIONS: POORLY MAINTAINED RAMP/TAXIWAY SURFACE REMARKS- PLT TAXIED INTO HOLE IN DIRT TAXIWAY WHILE VACATING RNWY FOR LNDG ACFT. DAMAGED GEAR AND WING.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8382P
- Reported as
- Piper PA-24
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Evans
N8382PRegistered now · Piper PA-24-250Airframe modelPiper PA-24-250Engine modelLycoming 0-540 series
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