# Accident 19980713038169A: Cessna 172L, Lincoln Park, NJ, July 13, 1998

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 13, 1998, 17:30 local time
- Place: Lincoln Park, NJ
- Airport: Lincoln Park Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.9476° N, 74.3145° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at LINCOLN PARK (N07), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.9476&lon=-74.3145&mi=10
- Aircraft: N19667, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N19667) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172L (registry code 2072432, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172l) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172L
- Reported engine: LYC O320E2D
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 77 total, 20 in this make and model
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB IAD98LA100](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/IAD98LA100) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19980713038169A

## Narrative

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

(-23)PILOT HIT FUEL TRUCK WHILE TAXING. (.4) THE PILOT FLEW TO THE AIRPORT TO PICK UP HIS FATHER. HE SAID THAT HE HAD TOUCHED DOWN ON RUNWAY 19, AND WAS TAXIING BACK TO THE RUNWAY, WHEN HE SAW HIS FATHER AT THE END OF THE TAXIWAY ON THE LEFT. THE AIRPLANE WAS TRAVELLING ON THE CENTER LINE OF THE TAXIWAY, WHEN ITS RIGHT WING TIP STRUCK A FUEL TRUCK THAT WAS PARKED IN FRONT OF ANOTHER AIRPLANE, THAT WAS TIED DOWN. THE PILOT WAS NOT FROM THE AREA.

## 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 IAD98LA100](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/IAD98LA100), Jul 13, 1998: Cessna 172L (N19667), Lincoln Park, NJ, substantial damage. Probable cause: Inadequate visual lookout by the pilot, which resulted in his failure to see and avoid the fuel truck. Related factors were the truck and the pilot was unfamiliar with that area.

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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