- Date
- March 6, 1985, 12:00 local (18:00 UTC)
- Place
- Bessemer, AL
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Taxi
- Aircraft
- N5105GCessna 172H
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19850306011969A
- Case key
- 6754
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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 - building(nonresidential)
Visual lookout - inadequateFactor
Clearance - not maintainedCause
Analysis
The plt was taxiing to the rwy on a narrow taxiway when the left wing struck a t hangar support post.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5105G
- Reported as
- Cessna 172H
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 1725622
- Airframe hours
- 3,710
- Engine
- Continental O-300-D, 145 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Civil Air Patrol
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · July 1, 1984 · 37 hours before
- Airport
- 2A3 · Bessemer
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
- 34
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 563 total · 60 in this make and model · 353 as pilot in command · 36 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.
Other investigations on N5105G · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.