# NTSB CHI04CA092: Cessna 150J, N51365, Gardner, KS, March 22, 2004

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Data collection · Final report
- Date: March 22, 2004, 17:00 local (23:00 UTC)
- Place: Gardner, KS
- Coordinates: 38.806667, -94.956108
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.8067&lon=-94.9561&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Taxi](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/250) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 2 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report June 30, 2004
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 59058
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CHI04CA092
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/59058/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI04CA092

## Probable cause

The pilot's inadequate visual lookout and failure to maintain clearance from the post.  A factor was the post.

## Sequence of events

In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf).

- On ground/water collision with object, taxi
  - visual lookout - not maintained, dual student (cause)
  - object - pole (contributing factor)
  - clearance - not maintained, pilot in command(cfi) (cause)

## Analysis

The airplane sustained substantial damage when the right wingtip hit a post while taxiing on the ramp.  The certified flight instructor (CFI) reported the post was hit while he was taxiing back to park the airplane after conducting an hour of training in the local area.  The CFI reported that the student pilot was taxiing the airplane back to the ramp where the aircraft tie-downs were located.  The student pilot, who was seated in the left seat of the airplane, taxied too close to the post that was attached to a building, and the right wingtip struck the post.

## Factual narrative

On March 22, 2004, at 1700 central standard time, a Cessna 150J, N51365, sustained substantial damage when the right wingtip hit a post while taxiing on the ramp at the Gardner Municipal Airport, Gardner, Kansas.  The certified flight instructor (CFI) and the student pilot were not injured.  The 14 CFR Part 91 instructional flight was taxiing back to park the airplane after conducting an hour of training in the local area.  Visual meteorological conditions prevailed at the time of the accident.  No flight plan was filed.

The CFI reported that the student pilot was taxiing the airplane back to the ramp where the aircraft tie-downs were located.  The student pilot, who was seated in the left seat of the airplane, taxied too close to the post that was attached to a building, and the right wingtip struck the post.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N51365](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N51365), registered now, S/N 15069953, built 1968 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: Cessna 150J
- Registry model: [Cessna 150J](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-150j) (registry code 2071820) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental 0-200 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-0-200-series) (registry code 17020, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 15069953
- Engines: Continental O-200-A reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Instructional, Part 91
- Operator: Jerrry Shetterly
- Registered owner: Gardner Flight School
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Departed: K34, Gardner, KS
- Destination: K34
- Airport: K34, Gardner Municipal Airort

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Flight instructor; age 24; flight instructor, commercial; airplane ratings: multi-engine land, single-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 1; flight hours: 750 total, 200 in this make and model, 100 in the last 90 days, 50 in the last 30 days
- Student pilot; age 24; flight hours: 15 total, 15 in this make and model, 10 in the last 90 days, 10 in the last 30 days

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day

## FAA reports on this event (1)

The FAA's own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 20040322006559A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20040322006559A), Mar 22, 2004: Cessna 150J, Gardner, KS, Substantial damage. (-23) Instructor and (pre-solo) student pilot returned from an instructional flight. While the student pilot was taxiing to the parking area, the airplane's…

## Other investigations on N51365 (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 MIA71DKJ51](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA71DKJ51), May 1, 1971: Cessna 150J (N51365), Huntsville, AL, substantial damage

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.

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