- Date
- May 14, 1988, 06:30 local (13:30 UTC)
- Place
- Merced, CA
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Taxi
- Aircraft
- N66SLPiper PA-34-200T
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report June 9, 1989
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- Case key
- 26004
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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
Object - tree(s)Factor
Visual lookout - not maintainedCause
Analysis
While taxiing on a dirt road, the right wing struck a tree resulting in substantial damage. There were no mechanical failures or malfunctions reported at the time of the accident.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N66SL
- Reported as
- Piper PA-34-200T
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 348070038
- Airframe hours
- 3,631
- Engine
- Continental TSIO-360-EB, 200 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Business · Part 91
- Operator
- Shasta Livestock
- Registered owner
- Shasta Livestock Inc
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · May 5, 1988 · 20 hours before
- Departed
- RDD · Redding, CA
N66SLRegistration cancelled Nov 26, 2014 · Piper PA-34-200TAirframe modelPiper PA-34-200TEngine modelContinental TSIO-360 series
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Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 26
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 1,481 total · 815 in this make and model · 1,371 as pilot in command · 152 in the last 90 days · 64 in the last 30 days · 8 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 100 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 64 °F
Other investigations on N66SL · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.