Piper PA-28-150 N32307

Summary

On 1 December 1987 at about 20:00 local time, a Piper PA-28-150 registered N32307 was involved in an accident near Middletown, Pennsylvania, United States. One person was on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

1 December 1987 at 20:00

Classification

Accident

Location

Middletown, Pennsylvania, United States

Nearest airport

Harrisburg

Coordinates

40.1904, -76.7009

Aircraft

Piper PA-28-150

Registration

N32307

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Business

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Thomasville → Middletown

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

NYC88LA048

Nobody was injured.

The NTSB has not published a probable cause for this record. No probable cause statement is present in the source data.

Nothing about the cause is stated here that is not in the source record.

Read the full NTSB narrative

AFTER LANDING THE PILOT WAS CLEARED TO TAXI TO THE PARKING AREA AT STANBAUGH'S GENERAL AVIATION. DURING A MANEUVER BETWEEN A DE-ICER TRUCK AND A PARKED AIRPLANE, THE PILOT ALLOWED THE AIRCRAFT TO BECOME TOO CLOSE TO THE TRUCK AND CAUGHT THE WING TIP ON THE BACK OF THE TRUCK BREAKING THE WING TIP OFF AND DAMAGING THE OUTER LEADING EDGE OF THE LEFT WING.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.