- Date
- May 17, 1968
- Place
- San Juan, PR · SAN JUAN, PR
- Injuries
- 7 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Taxi
- Aircraft
- N5543JPiper PA-32
- Status
- Completed · report September 16, 1968
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 110532
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2181 68/5/17 SAN JUAN,PR PIPER PA-32 CR- 0 0 1 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 19, 1000 TIME - 1515 N5543J PX- 0 0 6 AIR TAXI-PASSG TOTAL HOURS, 700 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - SAN JUAN TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: OBJECT TAXI: FROM LANDING PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO SEE AND AVOID OBJECTS OR OBSTRUCTIONS FACTOR(S) PERSONNEL - MISCELLANEOUS-PERSONNEL: OTHER REMARKS- STRUCK REFRESHMENT CART.VENDOR NOT AUTHORIZED TO BE ON ARPT.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5543J
- Reported as
- Piper PA-32
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- San Juan
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