- Date
- December 1, 1978
- Place
- New Bedford, MA · NEW BEDFORD, MA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Taxi
- Aircraft
- N9436WPiper PA-28
- Status
- Completed · report February 26, 1979
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19781201040769A
- Case key
- 138455
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3980 78/12/1 NEW BEDFORD,MA PIPER PA-28 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 36, 160 TIME - 1510 N9436W PX- 0 0 0 PRACTICE TOTAL HOURS, 5 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - NEW BEDFORD MUNI DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION NEW BEDFORD,MA LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: PARKED AIRCRAFT TAXI: OTHER PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - LACK OF FAMILIARITY WITH AIRCRAFT PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER OPERATION OF BRAKES AND/OR FLIGHT CONTROLS REMARKS- N8235Q,N26LK,N34506,N82440,N4773W ALL SUB DMGD.MAJ EXP IN ACFT W HAND BRAKE ONLY,THIS ACFT TOE BK.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9436W
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- New Bedford Muni
N9436WRegistered now · Piper PA-28-235Airframe modelPiper PA-28-235Engine modelLycoming 0-540 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.