# Accident 20010729024211A: Cessna 152, Jacksonville, FL, July 29, 2001 - Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported - Date: July 29, 2001, 10:00 local time - Place: Jacksonville, FL - Airport: Herlong Airport - Damage: Substantial damage - Collision: Midair collision, first aircraft - Phase of flight: Idling Engines - Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91) - Location: 30.2778° N, 81.8058° W: From the FAA - Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=30.2778&lon=-81.8058&mi=10 - Aircraft: N89803, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N89803-2013-09-11) (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 O235L2C - People aboard: 1 - Fatal injuries: 0 - Pilot flight hours: 12,140 total, 2,000 in this make and model, 4 in the last 90 days - NTSB investigation: [NTSB MIA01LA201](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA01LA201) (OpenAirDocs) - FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/) - Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20010729024211A ## Narrative As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^. (-23) CESSNA 152 PILOT (CFI) JACK SMITH WAS PERFORMING HIGH RPM RUN UP, WHILE IN PARKING SPOT. HE MOMENTARILY LOOKED DOWN AT CENTER CONSOLE TO SET COMMUNICATIONS FOR FLIGHT AND HE UNKNOWINGLY RELEASED THE BRAKES AND COLLIDED WITH A PARKED AIRCRAFT ACROSS THE RAMP THAT WAS NOT RUNNING. BOTH AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE AND THERE WERE NO INJURIES. FAA FOUND NO MECHANICAL PROBLEMS THAT WOULD HAVE CONTRIBUTED TO THE ACCIDENT. (.4) ON JULY 29, 2001, ABOUT 1000 EASTERN DAYLIGHT TIME, A CESSNA 152, N89803, REGISTERED TO FRIEDMAN AIRCRAFT LEASING, COLLIDED WITH A STANDING BEECH 35-B33, N8660Q, REGISTERED TO AN INDIVIDUAL, AT HERLONG AIRPORT, JACKSONVILLE, FLORIDA. BOTH AIRCRAFT WERE BEING OPERATED AS 14 CFR PART 91 PERSONAL FLIGHTS. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME NO FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED FOR N89803. AN INSTRUMENT FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED FOR N8660Q. BOTH AIRPLANES RECEIVED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE. THE COMMERCIAL-RATED PILOT ON N89803 AND THE PRIVATE-RATED PILOT AND TWO PASSENGERS ON N8660Q WERE NOT INJURED. THE FLIGHTS WERE ORIGINATING AT THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT. THE PILOT OF N89803 STATED THAT THERE WAS A COMMENT ON THE TIME BOARD FOR THE AIRPLANE INDICATING THE AIRPLANE HAD A MAGNETO PROBLEM. HE RAN THE ENGINE IN THE AIRPLANE TIE DOWN AREA AND THE MAGNETOS CHECKED GOOD. HE HAD THE ENGINE POWER AT IDLE AND WAS PUTTING ON A HEADSET WHEN HE MUST HAVE RELEASED THE BRAKES. THE AIRPLANE MOVED ACROSS THE RAMP WHILE HE WAS LOOKING DOWN AND COLLIDED WITH N8660Q. THE PILOT OF N8660Q STATED HE WAS PREPARING FOR FLIGHT AND WAS IN THE COCKPIT OF HIS AIRPLANE. HIS TWO PASSENGERS WERE OUTSIDE THE AIRPLANE, BEHIND THE RIGHT WING. A CESSNA, N89803, WAS PARKED ACROSS FROM HIM AND HE HEARD THE ENGINE OF THIS AIRPLANE START UP. HE THEN CAUGHT SIGHT OF A WING COMING AT HIS WINDSHIELD. THE RIGHT WING OF THE CESSNA CONTACTED HIS STOPPED PROPELLER BLADE AND THE SPINNER CONTACTED HIS RIGHT WING AND SLID UP HIS WING. THE TURNING PROPELLER OF THE CESSNA THEN CONTACTED HIS RIGHT WING'S LEADING EDGE AND THE ENGINE CONTINUED TO RUN FOR 1 TO 2 MINUTES. AFTER THE ENGINE OF THE CESSNA WAS SHUT DOWN, ONE OF HIS PASSENGERS PUSHED THE CESSNA AWAY FROM HIS AIRPLANE TO PREVENT A FIRE. ## 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 MIA01LA201](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA01LA201), Jul 29, 2001: Cessna 152 (N89803), Jacksonville, FL, substantial damage. Probable cause: The failure of the pilot of N89803 to insure his brakes were set and that the airplane was not rolling prior to diverting his attention to duties inside the cockpit, resulting in N89803 rolling… ## Other reports on N89803 (3) Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date. - [Incident 19910926047449I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19910926047449I), Sep 26, 1991: Cessna 152 (N89803), Waycross, GA, Minor damage. Pilot made a hard landing. Landed on nose and blew tire. Pilot stated he had a downdraft. - [Accident 19890119001041A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19890119001041A), Jan 19, 1989: Cessna 152 (N89803), Jacksonville, FL, Substantial damage. Wing struck idling propeller of a parked PA28 while the student was taxiing around it to park. - [Accident 19790819023869A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790819023869A), Aug 19, 1979: Cessna 152 (N89803), Nashville, GA, Substantial damage. Elected to make a touch and go landing on a highway. Aircraft wing hit sign post on takeoff. 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. --- OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). It is not affiliated with the FAA or the NTSB. Source documents are U.S. government works in the public domain.