# Accident 19980330004889A: Cessna 152, Windsor Locks, CT, March 30, 1998

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 30, 1998, 13:30 local time
- Place: Windsor Locks, CT
- Airport: Bradley International
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.9390° N, 72.6843° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at BRADLEY INTL (BDL), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.9390&lon=-72.6843&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5357H, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N5357H) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 152 (registry code 2071835, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-152) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-235 series (registry code 41505, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-235-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 152
- Reported engine: LYC O235N2C
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Student
- Pilot flight hours: 35 total, 35 in this make and model
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB IAD98LA041](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/IAD98LA041) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19980330004889A

## Narrative

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

MISUNDERSTOOD LINEMAN SIGNAL. TAXIED INTO FUEL TRUCK. DAMAGED LEFT WING. (-23) PILOT WAS TAXIING INTO AMR COMBS PARKING APRON & HIT PARKED FUEL TRUCK WITH RIGHT WING TIP.  INTERVIEW WITH AMR PERSONNEL SUGGEST PILOT WAS TAXIING TOO FAST AND WAS WATCHING GROUND PARKING PERSONNEL OFF TO HIS LEFT. REAR SPAR REPORTED CRACKED FROM IMPACT.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB IAD98LA041](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/IAD98LA041), Mar 30, 1998: Cessna 152 (N5357H), Windsor Locks, CT, substantial damage. Probable cause: The student pilot's inattention during taxi, which resulted in the collision with a fuel truck.

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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