ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 291030
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| Date: | Sunday 24 May 2015 |
| Time: | 10:05 LT |
| Type: |  Piper PA-28-181 |
| Owner/operator: | Transpac Aviation Academy |
| Registration: | N442PA |
| MSN: | 2843498 |
| Year of manufacture: | 2001 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 17050 hours |
| Engine model: | Lycoming O-360 A4M |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Wickenburg, Arizona -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Taxi |
| Nature: | Training |
| Departure airport: | Gila Bend, AZ (E63) |
| Wickenburg, AZ (E25) | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
The student pilot reported that while taxiing in the ramp area after landing, he did not visually monitor the airplane's wing clearance and struck a parked airplane. The airplane sustained substantial damage to the left wing spar.
The student pilot reported that there were no mechanical malfunctions or failures with the airplane that would have precluded normal operation.
Probable Cause: The pilot's failure to monitor the airplane's wing clearance during taxi, which resulted in a collision with a parked airplane.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB GAA15CA110
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 3 March 2015 | N442PA | Transpac Aviation Academy | 0 | Phoenix Deer Valley Airport (KDVT), Phoenix, AZ | |
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| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
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| 07-Oct-2022 08:42 | ASN Update Bot | Added |
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