- Date
- November 7, 1982, 15:00 local (20:00 UTC)
- Place
- Loris, SC
- Injuries
- 4 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Taxi
- Aircraft
- N2896ECessna 172N
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report November 7, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19821107057629A
- Case key
- 71482
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
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Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
On ground/water collision with object
Object - vehicleFactor
Clearance - misjudgedCause
Analysis
While taxiing from ramp left wingtip struck a van parked in the tie-down area.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2896E
- Reported as
- Cessna 172N
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 17265695
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-H2AD, 160 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Part 91
- Operator
- N. American Institute Of Aviat
- Registered owner
- N. American Institute Of Aviat
- Departed
- 5JN · Loris, SC
- Destination
- 5JN · Loris, SC
- Airport
- 5JN · Twin Cities Airport, runway 8, 3,000 × 0 ft, concrete
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 48
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 183 total · 60 in this make and model · 145 as pilot in command · 8 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 360° at 10 knots
- Visibility
- 50 statute miles
- Temperature
- 158 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.