ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 367386
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| Date: | Tuesday 20 February 1990 |
| Time: | 18:00 LT |
| Type: |  Piper PA-34-200 |
| Owner/operator: | Western Aero, Inc. |
| Registration: | N222ES |
| MSN: | 34-7250331 |
| Engine model: | LYCOMING IO-360 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 4 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Fresno, CA -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Taxi |
| Nature: | Executive |
| Departure airport: | |
| Oakland, CA (KOAK) | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
WITNESSES REPORTED THAT THE PILOT TAXIED DOWN A SMALL INCLINE ON THE APRON AND DRAGGED THE TAIL OF THE AIRPLANE. THE PILOT THEN TURNED THE AIRPLANE AROUND, PROCEEDED BACK UP THE INCLINE, STRIKING THE TAIL SECTION AGAIN. PILOT DID NOT SUBMIT AN ACCIDENT REPORT; WEIGHT & BALANCE DATA UNKNOWN.
Probable Cause: THE PILOT'S IMPROPER HANDLING OF THE AIRPLANE DURING TAXI.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB LAX90LA100
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 6 October 2000 | N222ES | Air Desert Pacific | 2 | near Brackett Field, 1 miles SW of La Verne, California | |
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| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
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| 22-Mar-2024 13:54 | ASN Update Bot | Added |
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