# Incident 19891224065279I: Cessna 152, Trenton, NJ, December 24, 1989

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 24, 1989, 23:20 local time
- Place: Trenton, NJ
- Airport: Mercer County
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.2238° N, 74.7636° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Trenton, NJ, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.2238&lon=-74.7636&mi=10
- Aircraft: N93508, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N93508-1998-05-12) (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: 780 total
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19891224065279I

## Narrative

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

PILOT DEVIATED FROM ATC TAXI INSTRUCTIONS. DEPARTED TAXIWAY AND HIT AN UNLIT LIGHT STANCHION.

## Other reports on N93508 (2)

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

- [Accident 19940405000209A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19940405000209A), Apr 5, 1994: Cessna 152 (N93508), Avalon, CA, Destroyed, 1 fatal. Reported power problems near destination. Stalled into rough terrain. No anomalies. Severe carb icing prevalent.
- [Accident 19830703031879A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19830703031879A), Jul 3, 1983: Cessna 152 (N93508), Tampa, FL, Substantial damage. Disoriented. Landed in pasture and hit fence. Departed with damaged aircraft. Landed on a taxiway at home 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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