# Accident 20020805026499A: Cessna 150H, Lakeland, FL, August 5, 2002

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 5, 2002, 14:45 local time
- Place: Lakeland, FL
- Airport: Lakeland Regional Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 27.9925° N, 82.0197° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=27.9925&lon=-82.0197&mi=10
- Aircraft: N50347, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N50347) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 150H (registry code 2071818, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-150h) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental 0-200 series (registry code 17020, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-0-200-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 150H
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ATL02LA152](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL02LA152) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20020805026499A

## Narrative

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

(-23) AIRCRAFT WAS TAXIING INTO THE NEWLY-CONSTRUCTED PARKING RAMP/TERMINAL AT LAKELAND REGIONAL AIRPORT. HE WAS MANEUVERING TO AVOID A PARKED AIRPLANE ON HIS RIGHT AND PREPARING TO DO A MODIFIED U-TURN TO LINE UP ON A RAMP ATTENDANT WHO WAS WAVING HIM IN. THE AIRCRAFT'S OUTBOARD LEFT WING LEADING EDGE STRUCK A LIGHT POLE WHICH WAS INSTALLED ONLY 4 FEET FROM THE EDGE OF THE TARMAC. DAMAGE APPEARS SUBSTANTIAL. THE SHEET METAL BEHIND THE SPAR AT THE WING ROOT WAS WRINKLED, AND THE EXTENDED FLAP ON THIS WING WAS IN CONTACT WITH THE REAR WINDOW OF THE AIRCRAFT. THE WING'S LEADING EDGE ONLY HAD A SMALL DENT LOCATED 4 INCHES INBOARD FROM THE WING TIP. SUBSEQUENT INVESTIGATION OF THE WING SPAR REVEALED THAT THE SPAR ITSELF WAS WRINKLED AT THE REAR SPAR ATTACH POINT.

## 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 ATL02LA152](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL02LA152), Aug 5, 2002: Cessna 150 (N50347), Lakeland, FL, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to maintain a visual lookout while taxiing to parking resulting in an on-ground collision with a pole. A related factor was the diverted attention to the lineman.

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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