# Accident 20040111001819A: Cessna 152, San Diego, CA, January 11, 2004

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 11, 2004, 10:03 local time
- Place: San Diego, CA
- Airport: Montgomery Field Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 32.8156° N, 117.1394° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.8156&lon=-117.1394&mi=10
- Aircraft: N67844, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N67844) (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 O235*
- Pilot flight hours: 120 total, 100 in this make and model, 5 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX04CA099](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX04CA099) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20040111001819A

## Narrative

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

(-23) THE PILOT (GULLAHORN) OF N67844 A CESSNA C152 WAS TAXIING THE AIRCRAFT TO A PARKING SPACE AFTER COMPLETING HER FLIGHT. THE FLIGHT AND GROUND TAXI OF THE AIRCRAFT, WERE CONDUCTED UNDER 14 CFR PART 91. DAY VMC CONDITIONS PREVAILED. WHILE TAXIING BACK FROM THE RUNWAY AFTER FLYING, THE PILOT WAS TAXIING IN THE ROW WHERE HER AIRCRAFT PARKS. SHE SAID A FUEL TRUCK, WAS IN FRONT OF AND TO HER LEFT, PARKED FACING WESTBOUND FUELING AN AIRCRAFT. TO REACH HER FINAL PARKING DESTINATION, SHE HAD TO PASS THE TRUCK. THE PILOT SAID THAT SHE FELT SHE HAD ENOUGH CLEARANCE TO PASS THE TRUCK AND BEGAN TO DO SO. AS SHE PASSED THE TRUCK, THE PILOT SAID SHE LOOKED DOWN, TO RETRIEVE HER AIRCRAFT CHECKLIST FOR THE SHUTDOWN PROCEDURES AND WHEN SHE DID SO, SHE FELT THE LEFT SIDE OF THE AIRCRAFT HIT SOMETHING. SHE SAID SHE LOOKED UP AND SAW THAT SHE HAD STRUCK THE FUEL TRUCK WITH THE LEFT WING TIP OF HER AIRCRAFT. SHE SAID SHE IMMEDIATELY SHUT DOWN THE AIRCRAFT CHECKED THE AREA TO ENSURE SAFETY PREVAILED AND THEN MADE THE REQUIRED NOTIFICATIONS. THE PILOT IN THIS INCIDENT WAS COUNSELED RE: SAFE TAXI PROCEDURES AND HOW TO AVOID DISTRACTIONS IN THE COCKPIT AND WAS VERY RECEPTIVE. THIS CASE IS CLOSED.

## 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 LAX04CA099](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX04CA099), Jan 11, 2004: Cessna 152 (N67844), San Diego, CA, substantial damage. Probable cause: the pilot's misjudgment of clearance from the vehicle while taxiing. A factor in the accident was the pilot's diverted attention.

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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