Accident Piper PA-31-350 Chieftain N35164,
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ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 182092
 
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Date:Wednesday 20 August 1997
Time:07:45 LT
Type:Silhouette image of generic PA31 model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
Piper PA-31-350 Chieftain
Owner/operator:Flight Line, Inc.
Registration: N35164
MSN: 31-7952090
Year of manufacture:1979
Total airframe hrs:15000 hours
Engine model:Lycoming TIO-540-J2BD
Fatalities:Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2
Aircraft damage: Substantial
Category:Accident
Location:Yampa Valley Regional Airport, Hayden, Routt County, Colorado -   United States of America
Phase: Taxi
Nature:Unknown
Departure airport:(KHDN)
Destination airport:Rawlins, WY (KRWL)
Investigating agency: NTSB
Confidence Rating: Accident investigation report completed and information captured
Narrative:
Cargo had been unloaded from the airplane into a UPS (United Parcel Service) truck. The pilot thought the truck had moved out of the way. As he began to taxi, the airplane's horizontal stabilizer struck the corner of the truck.

Probable Cause: The pilot in command's inadequate visual lookout.

Accident investigation:
cover
  
Investigating agency: NTSB
Report number: FTW97LA320
Status: Investigation completed
Duration: 5 months
Download report: Final report

Sources:

NTSB FTW97LA320
FAA register: 2. FAA: http://registry.faa.gov/aircraftinquiry/NNum_Results.aspx?omni=Home-N-Number&nNumberTxt=35164

Location

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
08-Dec-2015 05:13 JINX Added
21-Dec-2016 19:30 ASN Update Bot Updated [Time, Damage, Category, Investigating agency]
14-Oct-2017 18:51 Dr. John Smith Updated [Time, Cn, Operator, Location, Departure airport, Source, Narrative]
08-Apr-2024 13:20 ASN Update Bot Updated [Time, Operator, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Nature, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative, Category, Accident report]

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