- Date
- January 4, 1980
- Place
- Farmingdale, NY · FARMINGDALE, NY
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Taxi
- Aircraft
- N2556LPiper PA-38
- Status
- Completed · report April 22, 1980
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19800104004139A
- Case key
- 131807
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0224 80/1/4 FARMINGDALE,NY PIPER PA-38 CR- 0 0 1 INSTRUCTIONAL STUDENT, AGE 45, 21 TOTAL TIME - 1100 N2556L PX- 0 0 0 SOLO HOURS, ALL IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - REPUBLIC DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION FARMINGDALE,NY LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: OBJECT TAXI: FROM LANDING PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED CLEARANCE REMARKS- COLLISION WITH PARKED FUEL TRUCK.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2556L
- Reported as
- Piper PA-38
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Republic
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.