- Date
- May 21, 1991, 15:00 local (19:00 UTC)
- Place
- Vergennes, VT
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Taxi
- Aircraft
- N9163ZPiper PA-28
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report May 7, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19910521021029A
- Case key
- 36932
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Probable cause
The pilot's excessive taxi speed, resulted in an on ground loss of control.
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.
Loss of control - on ground/water
Taxispeed - excessiveCause
Directional control - not maintained
On ground/water collision with object
Object - building(nonresidential)
Analysis
The pilot was taxiing for takeoff on a grass airport, when he experienced an on ground loss of control due to excessive taxi speed.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9163Z
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 2841056
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-D36, 160 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- George Johnston, Jr.
- Registered owner
- George Johnston, Jr.
- Last inspection
- Unknown · January 2, 2000
- Destination
- BDR · Bridgeport, CT
- Airport
- YKO · Yankee Kingdom
N9163ZRegistered now · Piper PA-28-161Airframe modelPiper PA-28-161Engine 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
- 64
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 348 total · 257 in this make and model · 267 as pilot in command · 16 in the last 90 days · 6 in the last 30 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 30 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.