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Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Cessna 152 · Millville, NJ · May 4, 2005

Date: May 4, 2005 · 12:04 local
Place: Millville, NJ
Airport: Millville Municipal Airport
Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Substantial damage
Aircraft: N5150B
NTSB investigation: NTSBIAD05CA059
Reported as: Cessna 152
People aboard: 1
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 160 total160 in this make and model

N5150BRegistration cancelled May 15, 2015 · Cessna 152S/N 15283777 · Built 1979 Airframe modelCessna 152 Engine modelLycoming 0-235 series4 cycle

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What happened

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(-23) Pilot was taxiing for parking and misjudged distance from deck railing of a restaurant located at the airport and hit the tip of the leading edge of the left wing. The impact of the deck 4 x 4 post attached to the railing damaged not only the leading edge of the wing but also caused structural damage to the wing spar, causing a wrinkle in the upper surface of the wing skin and damage to the rear trailing edge of the flap and wing located at the root of the wing closest to the fuselage of the aircraft.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) PILOT WAS TAXIING FOR PARKING AND MISJUDGED DISTANCE FROM DECK RAILING OF A RESTAURANT LOCATED AT THE AIRPORT AND HIT THE TIP OF THE LEADING EDGE OF THE LEFT WING. THE IMPACT OF THE DECK 4 X 4 POST ATTACHED TO THE RAILING DAMAGED NOT ONLY THE LEADING EDGE OF THE WING BUT ALSO CAUSED STRUCTURAL DAMAGE TO THE WING SPAR, CAUSING A WRINKLE IN THE UPPER SURFACE OF THE WING SKIN AND DAMAGE TO THE REAR TRAILING EDGE OF THE FLAP AND WING LOCATED AT THE ROOT OF THE WING CLOSEST TO THE FUSELAGE OF THE AIRCRAFT.

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.

NTSB IAD05CA059Accident · No injuriesData collectionFinal reportMillville, NJThe pilot's misjudgment of the airplane's distance to the restaurant sundeck.May 4, 2005 · Substantial damage

Other reports on N5150B · 1

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

Incident 19911008051379IForced/Precautionary Landing · Harrisburg, PAPartial power loss on climbout. Returned and landed safely. Replaced carburetor.Oct 8, 1991