ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 297575
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Date: | Thursday 21 February 2002 |
Time: | 16:00 LT |
Type: | Piper PA-28-161 |
Owner/operator: | University Of North Dakota |
Registration: | N274ND |
MSN: | 2842074 |
Year of manufacture: | 2000 |
Total airframe hrs: | 2109 hours |
Engine model: | Lycoming O-320 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
Category: | Accident |
Location: | Grand Forks, North Dakota -
United States of America
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Phase: | Unknown |
Nature: | Training |
Departure airport: | Grand Forks Airport, ND (GFK/KGFK) |
Destination airport: | |
Investigating agency: | NTSB |
Confidence Rating: | Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
Narrative:The airplane struck a parked van while taxiing to the parking area. The student pilot said that while taxiing, she noticed a van pull up in front of the airplane. She said that she , "... remembered what [she] had been taught about staying on the yellow line. If [she] stayed on the yellow line, [she] would clear obstacles." She said that was watching for people that may be coming out of parked airplanes and she, "... wasn't giving that attention to [her] wingtip." The right wing of the airplane subsequently struck the parked van causing substantial damage to the airplane. In her written statement, the pilot listed no mechanical failures or malfunctions of the airplane.
Probable Cause: The student pilot not maintaining clearance from a parked van while taxiing to the parking area. The van was a factor.
Accident investigation:
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Investigating agency: | NTSB |
Report number: | CHI02LA086 |
Status: | Investigation completed |
Duration: | 6 months |
Download report: | Final report |
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Sources:
NTSB CHI02LA086
Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
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