- Date
- June 24, 1995, 12:10 local (19:10 UTC)
- Place
- Palm Springs, CA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Taxi
- Aircraft
- N6911PPiper PA-28-181
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report November 6, 1995
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19950624015629A
- Case key
- 29130
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Probable cause
the failure of the pilot to maintain clearance from a fence post while taxiing.
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.
Analysis
While taxiing to a parking ramp following landing, the left wing of the airplane came into contact with a fence post, 1 foot inboard of the wing tip.
Factual narrative
On June 24, 1995, at 1210 hours Pacific daylight time, a Piper PA-28-181, N6911P, collided with a fence post with its left wing while taxiing at Bermuda Dunes Airport, Palm Springs, California. The airplane was substantially damaged. The certificated private pilot was not injured. The flight originated at Burbank-Glendale-Pasadena Airport, Burbank, California, at 1110 hours. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed.
According to the pilot's verbal statement, the left wing collided with the fence post 1 foot inboard of the wing tip while he was taxiing to a parking ramp following landing. The accident was discovered by a Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) inspector on June 28, while the airplane was being repaired.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6911P
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28-181
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 28-8590050
- Engine
- Lycoming O-360-AYM, 180 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Alan L. Kaplan
- Registered owner
- Kenneth G. Stickney
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Departed
- BUR · Burbank, CA
- Destination
- UDD
- Airport
- UDD · Bermuda Dunes, runway 28, 5,002 × 70 ft, asphalt
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Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 42
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 103 total · 57 in this make and model · 21 as pilot in command · 30 in the last 90 days · 11 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 330° at 15 knots
- Visibility
- 40 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 109 °F, dew point 43 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.