- Date
- July 5, 1982, 15:30 local (20:30 UTC)
- Place
- New Orleans, LA
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Taxi
- Aircraft
- N24500Piper J3L-65S
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report July 5, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19820705026149A
- Case key
- 71985
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Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
Analysis
After landing the float plane on a bayou, the pilot started to taxi past an anchored barge on the waterway. The barge was used to support a shrimp net framework. While passing the barge, the right wing of the aircraft struck the framework and was damaged.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N24500
- Reported as
- Piper J3L-65S
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 3233
- Airframe hours
- 2,489
- Engine
- Continental C-90, 90 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Donald E. Wood
- Registered owner
- Richard Chancellor
- Departed
- Seaplane Base, LA
- Destination
- Seaplane Base, LA
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
- 27
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land, Single-engine sea
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 1,979 total · 6 in this make and model · 1,849 as pilot in command · 1 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 7 statute miles
- Temperature
- 185 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.