Monterey Peninsula Airport
Aircraft Accident/Incident Report

Monterey, California 93940
Wednesday, September 17, 1986 11:07 PDT

NTSB Narrative Summary Released at Completion of Accident

THE PRIVATE PLT LANDED HER ACFT & BEGAN TAXIING TOWARD A PARKING AREA. THE DRIVER OF AN ACFT FUEL SERVICE TRUCK OBSERVED THE APPROACHING ACFT, & HE BROUGHT HIS TRUCK TO A COMPLETE STOP IN AN AUTHORIZED AREA FOR TRUCK TRAFFIC. HE WAS CLEAR OF THE TAXIWAY. THE PLT FAILED TO MAINTAIN DIRECTIONAL CONTROL OF HER ACFT & IT BEGAN VEERING TOWARD THE TRUCK. THE TRUCK DRIVER ATTEMPTED TO GET THE PILOT'S ATTENTION BUT TO NO AVAIL. THE ACFT TAXIED INTO THE STATIONARY TRUCK.

NTSB Probable Cause Narrative

Not Yet Reported

Event Information

Type of Event Accident
Event Date 9/17/1986
Event Day of the Week Wednesday
Time of Event 1107
Event Time Zone Pacific Daylight Time
Event City MONTEREY
Event State CALIFORNIA
Event Country --
Zipcode of the event site 93940
Event Date Year 1986
Event Date Month 9
MidAir Collision Indicator No
On Ground Collision occurred ? No
Event Location Latitude
Event Location Longitude
Event Location Airport MONTEREY PENINSULA
Event Location Nearest Airport ID MRY
Indicates whether the acc/inc occurred off or on an airport On Airport
Distance from airport in statute miles 0
Degrees magnetic from airport 0
Airport Elevation 244
Weather Briefing Completeness Not pertinent
Investigator's weather source Weather Observation Facility
Time of the weather observation 1045 Pacific Daylight Time
Direction of event from weather observation facility (degrees) 0
Weather Observation Facility ID MRY
Elevation of weather observation facility 244
Distance of event from weather observation facility (units?) 0
Time Zone of the weather observation PDT
Lighting Conditions Day
Lowest Ceiling Height 10000
Lowest Non-Ceiling Height 2000
Sky/Lowest/Cloud Conditions Scattered
Sky Condition for Lowest Ceiling Broken
Visibility Runway Visual Range (Feet) 0
Visibility Runway Visual Value (Statute Miles) 0
Visibility (Statute Miles) 10
Air Temperature at event time (in degrees celsius) 20
Dew Point at event time (in degress fahrenheit) 12
Wind Direction (degrees magnetic) 110
Variable Wind Indicator Unknown
Wind Speed (knots) 6
Wind Velocity Indicator Unknown
Wind Gust Indicator Not Gusting
Wind Gust (knots) 0
Altimeter Setting at event time (in. Hg) 30
Density Altitude (feet) --
Intensity of Precipitation Unknown
METAR weather report --
Event Highest Injury None
On Ground, Fatal Injuries 0
On Ground, Minor Injuries 0
On Ground, Serious Injuries 0
Injury Total Fatal --
Injury Total Minor --
Injury Total None 1
Injury Total Serious --
Injury Total All --
Investigating Agency NTSB
NTSB Docket Number (internal use) 2133
NTSB Notification Source --
NTSB Notification Date Sep 18 1986 12:00AM
NTSB Notification Time 1600
Fiche Number and/or location -used to find docket information 32690
Date of most recent change to record Dec 13 2000 5:05PM
User who most recently changed record dbo
Basic weather conditions Visual Meteorological Cond
FAA District Office --

Aircraft Involved

Aircraft #1

Aircraft Registration Number N2116J
NTSB Number LAX86LA356
Missing Aircraft Indicator N
Federal Aviation Reg. Part Part 91: General Aviation
Type of Flight Plan filed None
Flight plan Was Activated? --
Damage Substantial
Aircraft Fire None
Aircraft Explosion None
Aircraft Manufacturer's Full Name PIPER
Aircraft Model PA-28-161
Aircraft Series Identifier PA-28-161
Aircraft Serial Number 287916197
Certified Max Gross Weight 2325
Aircraft Category Airplane
Aircraft Registration Class U.S. Registered/U.S. Soil
Aircraft is a homebuilt? No
Flight Crew Seats --
Cabin Crew Seats --
Passenger Seats --
Total number of seats on the aircraft 4
Number of Engines 1
Fixed gear or retractable gear Fixed
Aircraft, Type of Last Inspection Unknown
Date of Last Inspection --
Airframe hours since last inspection --
Airframe Hours 1600
ELT Installed Yes
ELT Activated No
ELT Aided Location of Event Site No
ELT Type --
Aircraft Owner Name SUSAN D. KELLER
Aircraft Owner Street Address 2931 FILLMORE STREET
Aircraft Owner City SAN FRANCISCO
Aircraft Owner State CA
Aircraft Owner Country
Aircraft Owner Zipcode 94123
Operator is an individual? --
Operator Name SUSAN D. KELLER
Operator Same as Owner? No
Operator Is Doing Business As --
Operator Address Same as Owner? No
Operator Street Address 1612 SAN ANTONIO
Operator City ALAMEDA
Operator State CA
Operator Country
Operator Zip code 94501
Operator Code
Owner has at least one certificate None
Other Operator of large aircraft? No
Certified for Part 133 or 137 Operation Unknown
Operator Certificate Number --
Indicates whether an air carrier operation was scheduled or not --
Indicates Domestic or International Flight --
Operator carrying Pax/Cargo/Mail --
Type of Flying (Per_Bus / Primary) Business
Second Pilot on Board No
Departure Point Same as Event No
Departure Airport Code OXR
Departure City OXNARD
Departure State CA
Departure Country
Departure Time 900
Departure Time Zone PDT
Destination Same as Local Flt crash at destination city
Destination Airport Code MRY
Destination City MONTEREY
Destination State CA
Destination Country
Specific Phase of Flight Taxi
Report sent to ICAO? --
Evacuation occurred --
Date of most recent change to record Jan 2 2001 10:36AM
User who most recently changed record dbo
Since inspection or accident --
Event Location Runway Number and Location 28
Runway Length 6597
Runway Width 150
Sight Seeing flight No
Air Medical Flight No
Medical Flight --