- Date
- August 25, 1978
- Place
- Des Moines, IA · DES MOINES, IA
- Injuries
- 4 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Taxi
- Aircraft
- N12MLPiper PA-32R
- Status
- Completed · report September 28, 1978
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19780825022419A
- Case key
- 139989
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2139 78/8/25 DES MOINES,IA PIPER PA-32R CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 50, 1989 TIME - 1605 N12ML PX- 0 0 3 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 97 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - DES MOINES MUNI DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION DES MOINES,IA LK OF THE OZARKS,MO TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: OBJECT TAXI: TO TAKEOFF PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED DISTANCE REMARKS- LT MLG DROPPED INTO HOLE BESIDE TAXIWAY.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N12ML
- Reported as
- Piper PA-32R
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Des Moines Muni
N12MLRegistration cancelled Sep 3, 2014 · Piper PA-32R-300Airframe modelPiper PA-32R-300Engine modelLycoming TI0-540 series
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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Other investigations on N12ML · 1
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