- Date
- March 4, 1984, 18:10 local (23:10 UTC)
- Place
- New Haven, CT
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Taxi
- Aircraft
- N2583DPiper PA-38-112
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Dusk
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19840304007229A
- Case key
- 35509
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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
While taxiing in from landing and maneuvering for parking the acft contacted a light pole. The CFI was reportedly at theacft controls at the time of the collision. The right wing was damaged in the collision.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2583D
- Reported as
- Piper PA-38-112
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 38-79A0-382
- Engine
- Lycoming O-235-L2C, 112 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Registered owner
- New Air
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · February 17, 1984 · 1,470 hours before
- Departed
- HVN · New Haven, CT
- Airport
- Tweed/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
- 25
- Certificates
- Flight instructor, Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Right
- Flight hours
- 1,070 total · 568 in this make and model · 908 as pilot in command · 143 in the last 90 days · 6 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Dusk
- Wind
- 330° at 10 knots
- Visibility
- 20 statute miles
- Temperature
- 30 °F, dew point -0 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- ATIS
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.