# NTSB NYC82DA066: Beech A23-24, N6925Q, Lock Haven, PA, March 20, 1982

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Final report
- Date: March 20, 1982, 13:25 local (18:25 UTC)
- Place: Lock Haven, PA
- Coordinates: 41.129886, -77.449478 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.1299&lon=-77.4495&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Taxi](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/250) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 3 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report March 20, 1983
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 71462
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=NYC82DA066
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/71462/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC82DA066

## Sequence of events

In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf).

- On ground/water collision with object, taxi - to takeoff
  - weather condition - gusts (contributing factor)
  - visual lookout - not maintained, pilot in command (cause)
  - diverted attention, pilot in command (cause)
  - object - aircraft parked/standing

## Analysis

WHILE TAXIING FOR TAKEOFF THE LEFT WING OF THE AIRCRAFT COLLIDED WITH THE NOSE OF A PARKED PIPER TWIN. THE PILOT STATED THAT DURING HIS INSTRUMENT SCAN HE NOTICED THAT THE ALTERNATOR FAILED TO SHOW A CHARGE AND THAT THIS MAY HAVE DISTRACTED HIS ATTENTION AS TO HIS POSITION ON THE TAXIWAY. WINDS WERE ESTIMATED TO BE GUSTING TO 30 KNOTS.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N6925Q](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6925Q-1983-11-17), registration cancelled 1983-11-17, S/N MA-284 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH A23-24
- Registry model: [Beech A23-24](https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-a23-24) (registry code 1151226) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: MA-284
- Airframe hours: 2519
- Engines: LYCOMING IO-360-A2B 200 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Operator: Robert C. Gross
- Registered owner: Robert C. Gross
- Departed: LOCK HAVEN, PA
- Destination: LOCK HAVEN, PA
- Airport: Piper Memorial, runway 27, 3,550 × 100 ft, asphalt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 45; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 3, valid medical--w/ waivers/lim; flight hours: 1,040 total, 1,040 in this make and model, 1,000 as pilot in command, 2 in the last 90 days, 1 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 270° at 18 knots
- Visibility: 10 statute miles

## FAA reports on this event (1)

The FAA's own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19820320007269A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19820320007269A), Mar 20, 1982: Beech A2324, Lock Haven, PA, Substantial damage. Distracted by alternator failure on taxi to takeoff. Ran into a parked airplane.

## Other investigations on N6925Q (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB NYC70DFJ06](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC70DFJ06), Feb 24, 1970: Beech A23-24 (N6925Q), Avoca, NY, substantial damage

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

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