- Date
- November 30, 1982, 06:55 local (11:55 UTC)
- Place
- New Haven, CT
- Injuries
- 20 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Taxi
- Aircraft
- N141PMFokker F-27-100
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report November 30, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19821130060749A
- Case key
- 71975
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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
Visual lookout - inadequateCause
Analysis
Aircraft collided with a power cart as taxi to takeoff began.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N141PM
- Reported as
- Fokker F-27-100
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 10114
- Airframe hours
- 45,566
- Engine
- Rolls Royce 5147, 1,600 horsepower, turbo prop
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Part 135
- Operator
- Pilgrim Airlines
- Registered owner
- Pilgrim Airlines
- Departed
- HVN · New Haven, CT
- Destination
- C · Washington, DC
- Flight plan
- VFR
- Airport
- HVN · New Haven
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
- 35
- Certificate
- Airline transport
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 3,968 total · 325 in this make and model · 3,968 as pilot in command · 282 in the last 90 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Temperature
- 118 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.