# NTSB MIA85LA054: Piper PA28-151, N43080, Daytona Beach, FL, December 9, 1984

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: December 9, 1984, 13:20 local (18:20 UTC)
- Place: Daytona Beach, FL
- Location: 29.1799° N, 81.0580° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at DAYTONA BEACH INTL (DAB), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.1799&lon=-81.0580&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Taxi](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/250) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 31327
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=MIA85LA054
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/31327/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA85LA054

## Sequence of events

In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf).

- On ground/water collision with object, taxi - from landing
  - object
  - instructions,written/verbal - misread, pilot in command (cause)
  - lack of familiarity with geographic area, pilot in command

## Analysis

PLT STATED THAT HE WAS UNFAMILIAR WITH THE ARPT AND REQUESTED ASSISTANCE TO TAXI TO THE RAMP. THE PILOT WAS TOLD TO TAKE THE FIRST LEFT TURN TO RAMP, HE TURNED ONTO AN ACCESS ROAD TO THE FIRE STATION AND COLLIDED WITH A SIGN THAT STATED 'NO TAXIWAY.'

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N43080](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N43080), registered now, S/N 28-7415424, built 1974 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28-151
- Registry model: [Piper PA-28-151](https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-151) (registry code 7102805) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Lycoming 0-320 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (registry code 41508, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 28-7415424
- Airframe hours: 2500
- Engines: LYCOMING O-320-E3D 160 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Operator: Eugene Clifford Johnson
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: Annual, December 30, 1983, 0 hours before
- Departed: JAX, JACKSONVILLE, FL
- Destination: DAB, DAYTONA BEACH, FL
- Airport: DAB, Daytona Beach, runway 24L, 3,200 × 100 ft, asphalt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 44; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land; medical: class 3, valid medical--w/ waivers/lim; seat: left; flight hours: 310 total, 310 in this make and model, 5 in the last 90 days

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 300° at 4 knots
- Visibility: 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 66 °F, dew point 30 °F
- Altimeter: 30.00 inHg
- Observed at: DAB

## FAA reports on this event (1)

The FAA's own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19841209065469A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19841209065469A), Dec 9, 1984: Piper PA28151, Daytona Beach, FL, Substantial damage. Progressive taxi, told to take first left. Mistook road for taxiway, hit a no taxiway sign with wing.

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

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