- Date
- September 9, 1982, 14:20 local (18:20 UTC)
- Place
- Pomona, NJ
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Taxi
- Aircraft
- N2441APiper PA-38-112
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report September 9, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19820909058099A
- Case key
- 72277
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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.
On ground/water collision with object
Object - vehicleFactor
Clearance - misjudgedCause
Overconfidence in personal abilityFactor
Analysis
While taxiing from landing, the pilot attempted to pass between a parked aircraft and a parked fuel truck. The wingtip of the taxiing aircraft hit a fender on the truck.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2441A
- Reported as
- Piper PA-38-112
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 38-78A0691
- Airframe hours
- 1,036
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320, 112 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Fire
- In-Flight
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- FAA Flying Club
- Registered owner
- FAA Flying Club
- Departed
- ACY · Atlantic, NJ
- Destination
- Monmouth, NJ
- Airport
- AIY · Bader Field, runway 11, 2,950 × 100 ft, asphalt
N2441ARegistered now · Piper PA-38-112Airframe modelPiper PA-38-112Engine modelLycoming 0-235 series
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
- 62
- Certificate
- Airline transport
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Flight hours
- 11,849 total · 7 in this make and model · 7,540 as pilot in command · 7 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Calm
- 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.