- Date
- June 29, 1985, 07:56 local (12:56 UTC)
- Place
- Hays, KS
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Taxi
- Aircraft
- N98343Piper PA-28-140
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19850629034549A
- Case key
- 33974
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
The plt started the eng & was preparing to taxi from the parking area when he reached back to retrieve a flashlight from his flt case. At that time, the acft began slowly rolling forward. When the plt returned his attention to the front, he applied brakes. However, before stopping, the acft's prop hit the wing of a north American AT-6C, N9530C.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N98343
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28-140
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 2826177
- Airframe hours
- 6,382
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-E3D, 150 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Adam G. Woyna
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · May 1, 1985 · 22 hours before
- Departed
- HYS
- Destination
- Key West, FL
- Airport
- HYS · Hays
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
- 61
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 272 total · 170 in this make and model · 177 as pilot in command · 14 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 210° at 7 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 73 °F, dew point 54 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- RSL, 21 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.