# Accident 20061126025479A: Cessna 152, Block Island, RI, November 26, 2006

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 26, 2006, 11:56 local time
- Place: Block Island, RI
- Airport: Block Island State
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.1681° N, 71.5778° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.1681&lon=-71.5778&mi=10
- Aircraft: N68469 (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 152
- Reported engine: LYC O235*
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 120 total, 120 in this make and model, 5 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB NYC07CA050](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC07CA050) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20061126025479A

## Narrative

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

(-23) THE ACCIDENT TOOK PLACE WHILE THE AIRCRAFT WAS TAXIING ON THE RAMP FOR THE PURPOSE OF PARKING. THE PILOT STATED THAT HE WAS FOLLOWING A VEHICLE WHICH WAS LEADING HIM TO PARKING. IN THE RAMP AREA THE VEHICLE TURNED, INSTRUCTING THE AIRCRAFT TO FOLLOW, WHILE DOING THIS THE PILOT WAS NOT AWARE OF HIS PROXIMITY TO A PARKED CONSTRUCTION VEHICLE WHICH CAUSED HIM TO STRIKE THE PARKED CONSTRUCTION VEHICLE WITH HIS LEFT WING TIP. DAMAGE TO THE WING TIP PLASTIC FAIRING WAS MINOR CAUSING A CRACK IN THE PLASTIC FAIRING. FURTHER INVESTIGATION AND INSPECTION OF THE AIRCRAFT BY AIRWORTHINESS PERSONNEL REVEALED BUCKLING AND RIPPLING IN THE AREA OF THE LEFT FUEL TANK, ALSO THE LEFT REAR PLEXI GLASS WINDOW WAS CRACKED AND BROKEN FROM THE TOP OF THE FRAME TO THE BOTTOM. THE LEFT FLAP WAS OUT OF RIG AND PARTIALLY EXTENDED WHILE IN THE FULLY RETRACTED POSITION. INTERNAL INSPECTION OF THE DAMAGE BY MAINTENANCE PERSONNEL REVEALED THAT THE LEFT REAR INBOARD SPAR CHANNEL OF THE LEFT WING WAS BENT AS A RESULT OF THE AIRCRAFT'S WING CONTACTING THE CONSTRUCTION EQUIPMENT. INSPECTOR'S STATEMENT: THE CONSTRUCTION EQUIPMENT WAS PARKED IN A POSITION ON THE RAMP THAT CREATED A POTENTIAL HAZARD; HOWEVER THE RESPONSIBILITY OF THE PILOT IN COMMAND TO MANEUVER HIS AIRCRAFT ON THE SURFACE SO AS TO SEE AND AVOID OBJECTS REMAINS A PRIORITY.

## 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 NYC07CA050](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC07CA050), Nov 26, 2006: Cessna 152 (N68469), Block Island, RI, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to maintain adequate clearance while taxiing, which resulted in a collision with a construction vehicle. A factor in this accident was the location of the construction vehicle,…

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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