- Date
- September 8, 1973
- Place
- Farmingdale, NY · FARMINGDALE, NY
- Injuries
- 4 uninjured
- Phase of flight
- Taxi
- Aircraft
- N4105RPiper PA-32N8543NPiper PA-28
- Status
- Completed · report November 29, 1973
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA reports
- 19730908031281A19730908031282A
- Case key
- 187740
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 5-0027 73/9/8 FARMINGDALE,NY PIPER PA-28 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 31, 393 TIME - 1220 N8543N PX- 0 0 2 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 280 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-MINOR OT- 0 0 1 INSTRUMENT RATED. CLASSIFIED AS INCIDENT NAME OF AIRPORT - REPUBLIC DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION FARMINGDALE,NY UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH AIRCRAFT: BOTH ON GROUND STATIC: ENGINE RUNUP PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PERSONNEL - MISCELLANEOUS-PERSONNEL: PILOT OF OTHER AIRCRAFT REMARKS- DRG ENG RUNUP L WING TIP ON N4105R PASSED UNDER R WING TIP,DMGD TIP TANK.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FILE DATE LOCATION AIRCRAFT DATA INJURIES FLIGHT PILOT DATA F S M/N PURPOSE ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 5-0027 73/9/8 FARMINGDALE,NY PIPER PA-32 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 33, 697 TIME - 1220 N4105R PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 230 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-MINOR OT- 0 0 3 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. CLASSIFIED AS INCIDENT NAME OF AIRPORT - REPUBLIC DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION FARMINGDALE,NY LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH AIRCRAFT: BOTH ON GROUND TAXI: TO TAKEOFF PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED CLEARANCE REMARKS- L WING TIP PASSED UNDER R WING TIP ON N8543N,FUEL CAP ON N4105R DMGD TIP TANK OF N8543N.
Aircraft · 2
- Registration
- N4105R
- Reported as
- Piper PA-32
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Airport
- Republic
N4105RRegistered now · Piper PA-32-300Airframe modelPiper PA-32-300Engine modelLycoming TI0-540 series
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.
- Registration
- N8543N
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Airport
- Republic
FAA reports on this event · 2
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.