1 Jan 2015: PIPER PA-46-350P — CHICOLA MONTY V

1 Jan 2015: PIPER PA-46-350P — CHICOLA MONTY V

No fatalities • Apalachicola, FL, United States

Probable cause

The pilot's inadequate visual lookout while taxiing, which resulted in the airplane striking a pole.

— NTSB Determination

Accident narrative

After landing, the pilot taxied to the fixed base operator to park. As he approached the parking ramp, a lineman stood in front of a tie-down spot and raised both hands in the air signaling to the pilot where to park. The spot was next to a parked jet. The pilot said that while taxing to the parking spot he was concentrating on staying clear of the jet and did not see a light pole located at the edge of the ramp. The right wing struck the pole resulting in structural damage to the wing.

Contributing factors

  • cause Pilot

Conditions

Weather
VMC, wind 140/03kt, vis 10sm

Related events

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