- Date
- November 15, 1974
- Place
- Philadelphia, PA · PHILADELPHIA, PA
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Taxi
- Aircraft
- N40254Piper PA-23
- Status
- Completed · report December 23, 1974
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19741115041519A
- Case key
- 144479
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3930 74/11/15 PHILADELPHIA,PA PIPER PA-23 CR- 0 0 1 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 28, 2808 TIME - 0241 N40254 PX- 0 0 1 COMMUTER AIR CARRIER TOTAL HOURS, 1121 IN DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 AIR TAXI-CARGO S-D TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - PHILADELPHIA INTL DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION PHILADELPHIA,PA NEWARK,NJ TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: AIRPORT HAZARD TAXI: TO TAKEOFF PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO SEE AND AVOID OBJECTS OR OBSTRUCTIONS PILOT IN COMMAND - DIVERTED ATTENTION FROM OPERATION OF AIRCRAFT REMARKS- PLT RQSTD AND WAS GIVEN IFR CLNC WHILE TAXIING. HIT LIGHTED TAXIWAY BARRIER.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N40254
- Reported as
- Piper PA-23
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Philadelphia Intl
N40254Registered now · Piper PA-23-250Airframe modelPiper PA-23-250Engine modelLycoming TI0-540 series
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FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.