- Date
- August 13, 1982, 10:00 local (14:00 UTC)
- Place
- Wilkes Barre, PA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Taxi
- Aircraft
- N2962QPiper PA-28-161
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report August 13, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19820813038129A
- Case key
- 73048
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Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
Analysis
The student pilot stated that as he began to taxi, he proceeded about 35 ft and then the aircraft suddenly veered to the left as if the wheel had locked. He applied right rudder, then right brake. However, the aircraft struck a building and an automobile.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2962Q
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28-161
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 29-7916596
- Engine
- Lycoming O-324-D3G, 160 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Operator
- John Kuklewicz
- Registered owner
- John Kuklewicz
- Departed
- WBW · Wilkes Barre, PA
- Destination
- WBW · Wilkes Barre, PA
- Airport
- WBW · Wyoming Valley
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.
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 55
- Certificate
- Student
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Flight hours
- 139 total · 62 in this make and model · 65 as pilot in command · 19 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Visibility
- 20 statute miles
- Temperature
- 176 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.