# NTSB GAA19CA082: Piper PA28, N8222N, Waynesburg, PA, October 19, 2018 - Type: NTSB accident investigation - Classification: Accident · No injuries · Data collection · Final report - Date: October 19, 2018, 13:00 local (18:00 UTC) - Place: Waynesburg, PA - Coordinates: 39.901111, -80.130554 (estimated) - Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.9011&lon=-80.1306&mi=10 - Phase of flight: [Taxi](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/250) (OpenAirDocs' grouping) - Defining event: [Taxi-from runway: Miscellaneous/other](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/900) - Highest injury: No injuries - Injuries: 1 uninjured - Status: Completed, report March 3, 2020 - Report: Approved by Office Director - NTSB office: General Aviation Accidents - Parties: FAA - NTSB case key (mKey): 98711 - NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=GAA19CA082 - NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/98711/pdf - NTSB docket: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=98711 - Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA19CA082 ## Probable cause The student pilot's improper decision to maneuver the airplane through an area of construction and his subsequent failure to maintain clearance from a concrete pole barrier while taxiing. ## Findings NTSB's coded findings; those marked are part of the probable cause. - [Info processing/decision: decision making/judgment](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02041520): Personnel issues › Action/decision · Student/instructed pilot (probable cause); cases with it: [All aircraft, 3,098 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02041520/cases.md) - [Attention/monitoring: monitoring environment](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02021545): Personnel issues › Psychological · Pilot (probable cause); cases with it: [All aircraft, 809 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02021545/cases.md) - [Object/animal/substance: pole](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/03022010): Environmental issues › Physical environment · Effect on operation (probable cause); cases with it: [All aircraft, 142 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/03022010/cases.md) ## Sequence of events The events NTSB coded, in order, by phase of flight. The defining event best describes what happened. - [Taxi-from runway: Miscellaneous/other](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/900) (defining event); cases with it: [All aircraft, 1,556 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/900/sequence.md) - [Taxi-from runway: Collision with terr/obj (non-CFIT) ](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/470); cases with it: [All aircraft, 10,189 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/470/sequence.md) ## Analysis The solo student pilot reported that, after landing and while taxiing toward the fuel farm, he decided to maneuver through a partially sectioned-off area surrounded by orange construction cones. While he was focused on the cones, the airplane's right wing struck a concrete pole barrier surrounding the fuel farm. The airplane sustained substantial damage to the right wing and baggage door floorboards. The student reported that there were no preaccident mechanical failures or malfunctions with the airplane that would have precluded normal operation. ## Factual narrative The solo student pilot reported that, after landing, while taxing toward the fuel farm, he decided to maneuver through a partially sectioned-off area surrounded by orange construction cones. While focused on the cones, the airplane's right wing struck a concrete pole barrier surrounding the fuel farm. The airplane sustained substantial damage to the right-wing and baggage door floorboards. The pilot reported that there were no preaccident mechanical failures or malfunctions with the airplane that would have precluded normal operation. ## Aircraft - Registration: N8222N (not matched to a registry record) - Reported make and model: Piper PA28 (161) - Category: Airplane - Serial number: 28-8016341 - Year built: 1980 - Engines: Lycoming O-320 160 hp reciprocating - Damage: Substantial damage - Flight: Personal, Part 91 - Operator: Soar Of Greene Co Inc Dba - Registered owner: Soar Of Greene Co Inc Dba - Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Utility; Standard, Normal - Departed: WAY, Waynesburg, PA - Destination: WAY, Waynesburg, PA - Airport: WAY, Greene County, runway 27, 3,500 × 75 ft, asphalt - Equipment: None ## Flight crew As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names. - Pilot; age 74; injuries: none; student; medical: class 3, without waivers/limitations; seat: left; flight hours: 237 total, 82 in this make and model, 30 as pilot in command ## Weather - Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day - Wind: calm - Observed at: KAFJ, 16 nm away ## FAA reports on this event (1) The FAA's own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date (OpenAirDocs). - [Accident 20181019020319A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20181019020319A), Oct 19, 2018: Piper PA-28-161, Waynesburg, PA, Substantial damage. On 10/19/2018, student pilot [privacy data omitted], taxied Piper warrior N8222N to the south of a construction zone of the main ramp at Greene County Airport,… ## Docket (2 files) The files NTSB released with the investigation on December 19, 2019, on NTSB's docket system: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=98711. 1.3 MB in all. - Pilot/Operator Aircraft Accident Report, NTSB Form 6120.1 (item 1, .PDF, 1.1 MB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=40479236&FileExtension=.PDF&FileName=Pilot%2FOperator%20Aircraft%20Accident%20Report,%20NTSB%20Form%206120.1-Master.PDF - Accident Photos (item 2, .PDF, 2 photos, 219 KB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=40479237&FileExtension=.PDF&FileName=Accident%20Photos-Master.PDF From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. 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