Piper PA-31-350 N980JH

Summary

On 5 November 2007 at about 04:10 local time, a Piper PA-31-350 registered N980JH, operated by Air Southeast Inc., was involved in an accident near Tuscaloosa, Alabama, United States. 6 people were on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. The NTSB has published a probable cause for this accident; it is quoted in full below.

Date

5 November 2007 at 04:10

Classification

Accident

Location

Tuscaloosa, Alabama, United States

Nearest airport

Tuscaloosa Regional Airport (KTCL)

Coordinates

33.2206, -87.6114

Aircraft

Piper PA-31-350

Registration

N980JH

Category

Airplane

Engines

2

Operator

Air Southeast Inc.

Operating rule

Part 135: Air Taxi & Commuter

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Tuscaloosa → Marietta

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Night/Dark

NTSB number

MIA08CA012

Nobody was injured.

The pilot's failure to maintain a visual look out while taxing resulting in an on-ground collision with a parked airplane.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record. This site does not paraphrase or interpret it.

Read the full NTSB narrative

The Piper pilot stated he received his instrument flight rules clearance from ground control, and was cleared to taxiway Foxtrot and Alpha en-route to runway 04 for takeoff. He taxied slowly on the taxiway centerline using the taxi and landing lights. The pilot noticed a parked airplane to his right and applied brakes. The airplane yawed to the left, and the right wing of the airplane collided with the left side of the fuselage of a parked Cessna Citation. The pilot stopped the airplane, notified ground control that he had collided with another airplane, and performed an engine shut down. The pilot exited the airplane and determined that both airplanes had received substantial damage.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.