- Date
- March 27, 1987, 08:30 local (13:30 UTC)
- Place
- Bedford, MA
- Injuries
- 5 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Taxi
- Aircraft
- N40958Piper PA-31-350
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report October 7, 1988
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19870327007659A
- Case key
- 30624
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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 - airport facility
Visual lookout - poorCause
Other airport/runway maintenance - not identifiedCause
Analysis
During taxi operation in preparation for takeoff, the left main gear of the aircraft impacted an unmarked open manhole and the aircraft was substantially damaged.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N40958
- Reported as
- Piper PA-31-350
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 318152183
- Airframe hours
- 1,876
- Engine
- Lycoming TIO-540-J28D, 350 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Tarair Corp.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · January 19, 1987 · 16 hours before
- Departed
- BED
- Destination
- PWM · Portland, ME
- Flight plan
- IFR
- Airport
- BED · Hanscom Field
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 57
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Flight hours
- 4,152 total · 115 in this make and model · 4,000 as pilot in command · 32 in the last 90 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 320° at 10 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.