- Date
- April 7, 1977
- Place
- Tuscaloosa, AL · TUSCALOOSA, AL
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Phase of flight
- Taxi
- Aircraft
- N9538WPiper PA-28
- Status
- Completed · report November 9, 1977
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19770407007119A
- Case key
- 152477
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2532 77/4/7 TUSCALOOSA,AL PIPER PA-28 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 47, 207 TIME - 0905 N9538W PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 146 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-MINOR OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - TUSCALOOSA DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION TUSCALOOSA,AL LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: WIRES/POLES TAXI: TO TAKEOFF PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED CLEARANCE REMARKS- LEFT WINGTIP STRUCK SHED POST.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9538W
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Airport
- Tuscaloosa
N9538WRegistered now · Piper PA-28-140Airframe modelPiper PA-28-140Engine modelLycoming 0-320 series
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FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.