- Date
- May 13, 1982, 08:15 local (13:15 UTC)
- Place
- Pineville, LA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Taxi
- Aircraft
- N36546Piper PA-32RT-300
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report May 13, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19820513015739A
- Case key
- 72236
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
During taxi to the runway for takeoff, the right main gear dropped into an unmarked hole on the right edge of the taxiway resulting in substantial damage to the aircraft.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N36546
- Reported as
- Piper PA-32RT-300 (PA-32RT-30)
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 32R-7885193
- Airframe hours
- 2,819
- Engine
- Lycoming IO-540-K1G5D, 300 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Part 135
- Operator
- Modern Flying Serv. Inc.
- Registered owner
- Modern Flying Serv. Inc.
- Departed
- 9LA6 · Pineville, LA
- Destination
- Springfield, IL
- Airport
- 9LA6 · Pineville Municipal
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 52
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Flight hours
- 2,132 total · 575 in this make and model · 1,885 as pilot in command · 100 in the last 90 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 140° at 7 knots
- Visibility
- 5 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 12,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 162 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- ESF
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 N36546 · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.