- Date
- September 20, 1978
- Place
- Yuma, AZ · YUMA, AZ
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Taxi
- Aircraft
- N55679Piper PA-32
- Status
- Completed · report November 16, 1978
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19780920031579A
- Case key
- 139765
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2916 78/9/20 YUMA,AZ PIPER PA-32 CR- 0 0 1 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 50, 2519 TIME - 1730 N55679 PX- 0 0 0 AIR TAXI-CARGO TOTAL HOURS, 500 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - YUMA INTL DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION YUMA,AZ PHOENIX,AZ TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: AUTOMOBILE TAXI: TO TAKEOFF PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PERSONNEL - MISCELLANEOUS-PERSONNEL: DRIVER OF VEHICLE REMARKS- TRUCK TURNED IN FRONT OF TAXIING ACFT.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N55679
- Reported as
- Piper PA-32
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Yuma Intl
N55679Registered now · Piper PA-32-300Airframe modelPiper PA-32-300Engine modelLycoming TI0-540 series
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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