# Incident 19830521076152I: Cessna 152, Thermal, CA, May 21, 1983

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 21, 1983, 14:30 local time
- Place: Thermal, CA
- Airport: Thermal
- Damage: Minor damage
- Collision: Midair collision, second aircraft
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.6262° N, 116.1308° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Thermal, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.6262&lon=-116.1308&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5199Q, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5199Q-1990-07-12) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 152 (registry code 2071835, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-152) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 152
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 110 total, 110 in this make and model, 9 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19830521076152I

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

DURING TAXI FOR TAKEOFF, RIGHT WING TIP WAS STRUCK BY THE PROP OF INBOUND PITTS N123RG, A TAIL WHEEL AIRCRAFT.

## Other reports on N5199Q (2)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Accident 19890630018649A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19890630018649A), Jun 30, 1989: Cessna 152 (N5199Q), Cordes, AZ, Destroyed, 1 fatal. Crashed on mountainside, observed in descending spiral.
- [Incident 19821114070329I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19821114070329I), Nov 14, 1982: Cessna 152 (N5199Q), Luke Afb, AZ. Landed at Luke Afb by mistake instead of glendale the destination airport.

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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