- Date
- September 20, 1978
- Place
- San Diego, CA · SAN DIEGO, CA
- Injuries
- 4 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Taxi
- Aircraft
- N1451XPiper PA-34T
- Status
- Completed · report November 13, 1978
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19780920032989A
- Case key
- 139768
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2919 78/9/20 SAN DIEGO,CA PIPER PA-34T CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 34, 954 TIME - 2210 N1451X PX- 0 0 3 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 222 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - BROWN DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION TIJUANA,MEXICO SAN DIEGO,CA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: PARKED AIRCRAFT TAXI: FROM LANDING PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO SEE AND AVOID OBJECTS OR OBSTRUCTIONS REMARKS- N5552Q SUB DAM TO HORIZONTAL STAB AND LEFT WING TIP.PLT STATED ACFT BLENDED IN WITH BACKGROUND.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1451X
- Reported as
- Piper PA-34T
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Brown
N1451XRegistered now · Piper PA-34-200TAirframe modelPiper PA-34-200TEngine modelContinental TSIO-360 series
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FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.