Piper PA46 C-GRFF

Summary

On 25 July 2018 at about 17:41 local time, a Piper PA46 registered C-GRFF was involved in an accident near West Columbia, South Carolina, United States. 2 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

25 July 2018 at 17:41

Classification

Accident

Location

West Columbia, South Carolina, United States

Nearest airport

Columbia Metropolitan (CAE)

Coordinates

33.9389, -81.1194

Aircraft

Piper PA46

Registration

C-GRFF

Category

Airplane

Year built

2014

Engines

1

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

West Columbia → Collingwood

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

ERA18LA213

Nobody was injured.

The pilot’s inadvertent navigation onto a service road instead of a taxiway, which resulted in a collision with a stop sign.

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

Read the full NTSB narrative

The private pilot was taxiing the airplane and receiving progressive taxi instructions from an air traffic controller. The pilot indicated that he asked if he should turn onto the taxiway and was instructed to do so. However, instead of proceeding on the taxiway, which had a continuous painted yellow centerline, the pilot turned left onto a vehicle service road, which had a painted white "stop" marking and an adjacent stop sign. The underside of the airplane's left wing subsequently struck the stop sign, which resulted in substantial damage.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.