- Date
- December 22, 1984, 17:05 local (23:05 UTC)
- Place
- Staunton, IL
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Taxi
- Aircraft
- N8232FCessna 150F
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Dusk
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19841222067789A
- Case key
- 12974
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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
Light condition - duskFactor
Object - vehicleFactor
Visual lookout - not performedCause
Diverted attentionCause
InattentiveCause
Analysis
While taxiing for takeoff at a private airstrip, the acft contacted a parked truck. The plt attributed the collision to his lack of alertness.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8232F
- Reported as
- Cessna 150F
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15064332
- Airframe hours
- 1,981
- Engine
- Continental O-200-A, 100 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Charles L. Nichols
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · October 6, 1984 · 120 hours before
- Departed
- 1HO · St. Louis, MO
- Airport
- 9H8 · Willholt, runway 27, 1,000 × ft, asphalt
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
- 43
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 340 total · 260 in this make and model · 240 as pilot in command · 120 in the last 90 days · 4 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Dusk
- Wind
- 270° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- -0 °F, dew point -0 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- STL
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 N8232F · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.