- Date
- January 12, 1985, 15:00 local (20:00 UTC)
- Place
- St.Petersburg, FL
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Taxi
- Aircraft
- N70673Piper J3C-65
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19850112000679A
- Case key
- 31341
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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
The acft collided with a parked acft while taxiing in from landing. The plt complained after the accident that the parked acft were too close to the taxiway. The tailwheel equipped acft had been engaged in banner towing operations prior to the taxi accident.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N70673
- Reported as
- Piper J3C-65
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 17694
- Airframe hours
- 6,000
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320, 150 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Thomas W. Merrifield
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Restricted (Special)
- Last inspection
- Annual · August 30, 1984 · 70 hours before
- Airport
- SPG · Albert Witted, runway 36, 2,800 × 150 ft, asphalt
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 34
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Front
- Flight hours
- 2,655 total · 825 in this make and model · 2,500 as pilot in command · 6 in the last 90 days · 3 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 350° at 7 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 5,000 ft broken
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- PIE, 9 nm away
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.
Other investigations on N70673 · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.