# Accident 20050504018909A: Cessna 152, Millville, NJ, May 4, 2005

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 4, 2005, 12:04 local time
- Place: Millville, NJ
- Airport: Millville Municipal Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 39.3678° N, 75.0722° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.3678&lon=-75.0722&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5150B, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5150B-2015-05-15) (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
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 160 total, 160 in this make and model
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB IAD05CA059](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/IAD05CA059) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20050504018909A

## Narrative

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

(-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.

## 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 IAD05CA059](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/IAD05CA059), May 4, 2005: Cessna 152 (N5150B), Millville, NJ, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's misjudgment of the airplane's distance to the restaurant sundeck.

## Other reports on N5150B (1)

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

- [Incident 19911008051379I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19911008051379I), Oct 8, 1991: Cessna 152 (N5150B), Harrisburg, PA. Partial power loss on climbout. Returned and landed safely. Replaced carburetor.

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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