- Date
- December 1, 1987, 15:00 local (20:00 UTC)
- Place
- Middletown, PA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Taxi
- Aircraft
- N32307Piper PA-28-150
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report May 26, 1989
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19871201083429A
- Case key
- 36069
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
After landing the pilot was cleared to taxi to the parking area at stanbaugh's general aviation. During a maneuver between a de-icer truck and a parked airplane, the pilot allowed the aircraft to become too close to the truck and caught the wing tip on the back of the truck breaking the wing tip off and damaging the outer leading edge of the left wing.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N32307
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28-150
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 28-7515122
- Airframe hours
- 3,330
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-E3D, 150 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Business · Part 91
- Registered owner
- York Area Flying Service
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · August 14, 1987 · 14 hours before
- Departed
- 54PA · Thomasville, PA
- Destination
- MDT · Middletown, PA
- Airport
- Harrisburg
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
- 23
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 1,397 total · 255 in this make and model · 1,225 as pilot in command · 300 in the last 90 days · 3 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 0° at 10 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 39 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.
Other investigations on N32307 · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.