ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 289960
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| Date: | Wednesday 19 June 2013 |
| Time: | 14:45 LT |
| Type: |  Cessna 172M |
| Owner/operator: | Altitude Addiction LLC |
| Registration: | N61947 |
| MSN: | 17264906 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1975 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 6640 hours |
| Engine model: | Lycoming O-320 SERIES |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Burlington, Vermont -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Taxi |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Burlington International Airport, VT (BTV/KBTV) |
| Rochester-Skyhaven Airport, NH (KDAW) | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
The pilot reported that, after contacting ground control and receiving a taxi clearance, he taxied to the end of the exit ramp and then began to taxi the airplane to the departure runway by attempting to follow the airport signs. He turned right and subsequently realized that the airplane was on an airport access road instead of a taxiway. The airplane struck a fence to the right of the access road, which resulted in substantial damage to the right wing. Photographs provided by the airport showed no "No Entry Signs" in the vicinity of the airport access road. Although the airport operated under a Part 139 certificate, it did not have signage along the access road indicating that entry was prohibited for aircraft recommended in federal guidance for Part 139 airports. The lack of proper signage resulted in the pilot taxiing the airplane down the access road instead of a taxiway.
Probable Cause: The pilot's improper turn down an airport access road while attempting to taxi to a runway. Contributing to the accident was the airport management's failure to install proper signage indicating that an airport access road was prohibited to aircraft.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB ERA13LA311
Location
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
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| 06-Oct-2022 06:17 | ASN Update Bot | Added |
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