# NTSB SEA01LA056: Piper PA-28-181, N8133C, North Bend, OR, February 25, 2001

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: February 24, 2001, 20:00 local (Feb 25, 2001, 04:00 UTC)
- Place: North Bend, OR
- Coordinates: 43.48003, -124.160537 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=43.4800&lon=-124.1605&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Taxi](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/250) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report July 30, 2001
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- Parties: FAA
- NTSB case key (mKey): 51836
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=SEA01LA056
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/51836/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA01LA056

## Probable cause

The pilot's failure to maintain clearance from the delivery truck while taxing.  The pilot being distracted is a factor.

## Sequence of events

In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf).

- On ground/water collision with object, taxi - from landing
  - clearance - not maintained, pilot in command (cause)
  - diverted attention, pilot in command (contributing factor)
  - object - vehicle (contributing factor)
  - light condition - night

## Analysis

The private pilot was taxiing the airplane between two ground vehicles located near the airport terminal.  He stated that he momentarily became distracted and inadvertently ran the airplane into an unoccupied ground delivery vehicle.  The airplane's right wing sustained substantial damage.

## Factual narrative

On February 24, 2001, about 2000 Pacific standard time, a Piper PA-28-181, N8133C, sustained substantial damage after colliding with a delivery vehicle located on the ramp at North Bend Municipal Airport, North Bend, Oregon.  The airplane is owned and operated by the pilot, and was being operated as a visual flight rules (VFR) personal flight under Title 14, CFR Part 91, when the accident occurred.  The private pilot, the sole occupant of the aircraft, was not injured.  Visual meteorological conditions prevailed, and no flight plan was filed for the local night currency flight.

The pilot submitted a written statement to the NTSB, dated March 7, 2001, and reported that he was taxiing the airplane between two ground vehicles located near the airport terminal.  He stated that he momentarily became distracted and inadvertently ran the airplane into an unoccupied ground delivery vehicle.  The airplane's right wing sustained substantial damage.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N8133C](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N8133C), registered now, S/N 28-7690104, built 1975 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: Piper PA-28-181
- Registry model: [Piper PA-28-181](https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-181) (registry code 7102807) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Lycoming O&VO-360 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-o-vo-360-series) (registry code 41514, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 28-7690104
- Airframe hours: 2998
- Engines: Lycoming o-360 180 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Registered owner: Gene Yu
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: Annual, May 1, 2000, 77 hours before
- Departed: OTH, NORTH BEND, OR
- Destination: OTH
- Airport: OTH, North Bend Muni

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 44; injuries: none; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land, multi-engine land; medical: class 2, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; last flight review June 8, 2000; seat: left; flight hours: 425 total, 96 in this make and model, 5 in the last 90 days, 3 in the last 30 days, 2 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Night/dark
- Visibility: 5 statute miles
- Temperature: 122 °F

## FAA reports on this event (1)

The FAA's own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 20010224004129A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20010224004129A), Feb 24, 2001: Piper PA28181, North Bend, OR, No damage. (-23) Mr. Yu had just completed some night takeoffs and landings and was taxiing in to park when his right wing tip struck a parked federal express truck. His…

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

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