- Date
- September 4, 1978
- Place
- Melbourne, FL · MELBOURNE, FL
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Taxi
- Aircraft
- N40195Piper PA-23
- Status
- Completed · report October 25, 1978
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19780904029369A
- Case key
- 139782
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2809 78/9/4 MELBOURNE,FL PIPER PA-23 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 40, 248 TIME - 1200 N40195 PX- 0 0 1 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 124 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - MELBOURNE RGNL DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION MELBOURNE,FL LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: OBJECT TAXI: FROM LANDING PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED CLEARANCE PILOT IN COMMAND - TAXIED/PARKED WITHOUT PROPER ASSISTANCE REMARKS- COLLIDED WITH FUEL TRUCK
Aircraft
- Registration
- N40195
- Reported as
- Piper PA-23
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Melbourne Rgnl
N40195Registration cancelled Aug 30, 2006 · Piper PA-23-250Airframe modelPiper PA-23-250Engine modelLycoming TI0-540 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.