- Date
- March 1, 1982, 16:40 local (23:40 UTC)
- Place
- Glendale, AZ
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Taxi
- Aircraft
- N2524UPiper PA-28-161
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report March 1, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19820301004659A
- Case key
- 70838
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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.
On ground/water collision with object
ObjectFactor
Clearance - misjudgedCause
Analysis
While taxiing for takeoff, the right wing of the aircraft collided with a sign that was located beside the taxiway.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2524U
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28-161
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 28-8016031
- Airframe hours
- 1,603
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-D3G, 160 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Business · Part 91
- Operator
- Aero International
- Registered owner
- Harrison A Makeever
- Departed
- P37 · Glendale, AZ
- Destination
- YUM · Yuma, AZ
- Airport
- P37 · Glendale Muni
N2524URegistered now · Piper PA-28-161Airframe modelPiper PA-28-161Engine modelLycoming 0-320 series
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
- 32
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 424 total · 305 in this make and model · 345 as pilot in command
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 30 statute miles
- Temperature
- 176 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.