- Date
- December 24, 1987, 14:30 local (18:30 UTC)
- Place
- Plymouth, MA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Taxi
- Aircraft
- N32560Piper PA-28-161
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report May 26, 1989
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19871224074869A
- Case key
- 36081
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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
Clearance - misjudgedCause
Object - vehicleFactor
Analysis
The aircraft was taxiing from a shop on the airport to runway 24 for a south end departure. The pilot stated that the left wing of the aircraft made contact with the parked truck causing substantial damage.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N32560
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28-161
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 28-7515187
- Airframe hours
- 1,300
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-E3D, 150 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Gary Bendavid
- Registered owner
- Gary F Bendavid
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Departed
- 3B2 · Marshfield, MA
- Destination
- MVY · Martha'S Vineya, MA
- Airport
- PYM · Plymouth, runway 24, 3,500 × 75 ft, asphalt
N32560Registered now · Piper PA-28-151Airframe modelPiper PA-28-151Engine modelLycoming 0-320 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
- 20
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine sea
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 178 total · 7 in this make and model
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.