What happened
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(-23) Accident date: November 19, 2004 Mansfield Municipal Airport (1B9) Mansfield ma.privacy data omitted(Student pilot) N2120M CE-172-S s/n 172S9627 FSDO-02 privacy data omitted N2120M, CE-172-S, taxied into a closed area of a taxiway at Mansfield airport, MA, and struck a parked construction vehicle at 1125 EST, 11/19/04. Aircraft damage was to the left wing, prop and engine. No injuries reported. The pilot was a student pilot with approximately 22 hours of flight time. The student had not flown in approximately 30 days. The flight instructor told the student that when he comes in to fly he should get a flight instructor to go up with him since it had been such a long time since he last flew. Without knowingprivacy data omittedflight history, an aircraft was dispatched toprivacy data omitted(student pilot) for a local solo flight on Friday 11/19/04. The flight school checkedprivacy data omittedendorsements, both medical and log book, observed the winds were down the runway 32, light approximately 5 knots.privacy data omitted ^Then went out to pre-flight the aircraft. About 15 minutes later,privacy data omitted ^called on the local UNICOM and said that he had hit a truck on the constr uction site at the end of the runway. Inspectors statement: whileprivacy data omitted ^was taxiing to runway 23 he noticed another aircraft that was already at the end of the runway waiting to takeoff. While taxiingprivacy data omitted ^came to a barrier in the taxiway but decided to go around it onto the grass and then back onto the taxiway.privacy data omitted ^Thought the aircraft that was waiting to takeoff had done the same thing not realizing that it had back-taxied down the runway. Asprivacy data omitted ^passed the barrier he passed a dump truck that was parked off to the left of the taxiway. The left wing hit the rear of the dump truck causing the nose of the aircraft to swing around into the dump truck while the engine was running causing severe damage to the propeller and sudden stoppage to the engine. privacy data omitted
As the FAA filed it
(-23) ACCIDENT DATE: NOVEMBER 19, 2004 MANSFIELD MUNICIPAL AIRPORT (1B9) MANSFIELD MA.^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED(STUDENT PILOT) N2120M CE-172-S S/N 172S9627 FSDO-02 ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ N2120M, CE-172-S, TAXIED INTO A CLOSED AREA OF A TAXIWAY AT MANSFIELD AIRPORT, MA, AND STRUCK A PARKED CONSTRUCTION VEHICLE AT 1125 EST, 11/19/04. AIRCRAFT DAMAGE WAS TO THE LEFT WING, PROP AND ENGINE. NO INJURIES REPORTED. THE PILOT WAS A STUDENT PILOT WITH APPROXIMATELY 22 HOURS OF FLIGHT TIME. THE STUDENT HAD NOT FLOWN IN APPROXIMATELY 30 DAYS. THE FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR TOLD THE STUDENT THAT WHEN HE COMES IN TO FLY HE SHOULD GET A FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR TO GO UP WITH HIM SINCE IT HAD BEEN SUCH A LONG TIME SINCE HE LAST FLEW. WITHOUT KNOWING^PRIVACY DA^FLIGHT HISTORY, AN AIRCRAFT WAS DISPATCHED TO^PRIVACY DAT^(STUDENT PILOT) FOR A LOCAL SOLO FLIGHT ON FRIDAY 11/19/04. THE FLIGHT SCHOOL CHECKED^PRIVACY DA^ENDORSEMENTS, BOTH MEDICAL AND LOG BOOK, OBSERVED THE WINDS WERE DOWN THE RUNWAY 32, LIGHT APPROXIMATELY 5 KNOTS.^PRIVACY ^THEN WENT OUT TO PRE-FLIGHT THE AIRCRAFT. ABOUT 15 MINUTES LATER,^PRIVACY ^CALLED ON THE LOCAL UNICOM AND SAID THAT HE HAD HIT A TRUCK ON THE CONSTR UCTION SITE AT THE END OF THE RUNWAY. INSPECTORS STATEMENT: WHILE^PRIVACY ^WAS TAXIING TO RUNWAY 23 HE NOTICED ANOTHER AIRCRAFT THAT WAS ALREADY AT THE END OF THE RUNWAY WAITING TO TAKEOFF. WHILE TAXIING^PRIVACY ^CAME TO A BARRIER IN THE TAXIWAY BUT DECIDED TO GO AROUND IT ONTO THE GRASS AND THEN BACK ONTO THE TAXIWAY.^PRIVACY ^THOUGHT THE AIRCRAFT THAT WAS WAITING TO TAKEOFF HAD DONE THE SAME THING NOT REALIZING THAT IT HAD BACK-TAXIED DOWN THE RUNWAY. AS^PRIVACY ^PASSED THE BARRIER HE PASSED A DUMP TRUCK THAT WAS PARKED OFF TO THE LEFT OF THE TAXIWAY. THE LEFT WING HIT THE REAR OF THE DUMP TRUCK CAUSING THE NOSE OF THE AIRCRAFT TO SWING AROUND INTO THE DUMP TRUCK WHILE THE ENGINE WAS RUNNING CAUSING SEVERE DAMAGE TO THE PROPELLER AND SUDDEN STOPPAGE TO THE ENGINE. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^
NTSB investigation
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