- Date
- April 14, 1978
- Place
- Austin, TX · AUSTIN, TX
- Injuries
- 4 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Taxi
- Aircraft
- XB-GESPiper PA-31
- Status
- Completed · report May 15, 1978
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 141717
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- E-0006 78/4/14 AUSTIN,TX PIPER PA-31 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1830 XB-GES PX- 0 0 3 CORP/EXEC AGE 58, 15000 TOTAL DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 HOURS, 500 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - ROBERT MUELLER DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION DALLAS,TX AUSTIN,TX TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: AIRPORT HAZARD TAXI: FROM LANDING PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO SEE AND AVOID OBJECTS OR OBSTRUCTIONS FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - SUNGLARE AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES - AIRPORT CONDITIONS: UNMARKED OBSTRUCTIONS REMARKS- COLLIDED WITH SAWHORSE ON RAMP/TAXIWAY.
Aircraft
- Registration
- XB-GES
- Reported as
- Piper PA-31
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Robert Mueller