- Date
- January 27, 1990, 21:45 local (Jan 28, 1990, 02:45 UTC)
- Place
- Orlando, FL
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Taxi
- Aircraft
- N1528XPiper PA-28-151
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Status
- Completed · report March 5, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19900127001979A
- Case key
- 32622
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Probable cause
The pilot misjudged clearance between his aircraft and a parked aircraft, while turning on the taxiway. Factors related to the accident were: darkness and pilot fatigue.
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
While taxiing to takeoff, the plt observed that the alternator warning lamp was illuminated. He turned the acft around & during the turn, the lt wing collided with a parked unoccupied acft. He further stated he was tired and under stress.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1528X
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28-151
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 28-7515417
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-E3D, 151 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- James P. Callan
- Airport
- ORL · Orlando Executive
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
- 33
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 595 total · 562 in this make and model · 487 as pilot in command · 61 in the last 90 days · 22 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Wind
- 90° at 11 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- -0 °F, dew point -0 °F
- Observed at
- ORL
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.