- Date
- June 27, 1982, 17:30 local (22:30 UTC)
- Place
- Lufkin, TX
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Phase of flight
- Taxi
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report June 27, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA reports
- 19820627053731I19820627053732A
- Case key
- 71514
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.
Analysis
N733BD was holding for the active runway when N59257 taxied into the tail of the aircraft. N733BD received substantial damage and N59257 received minor damage.
Aircraft · 2
- Registration
- N59257
- Reported as
- Boeing B-75
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 75-1391
- Airframe hours
- 4,218
- Engine
- P & W R-985, 450 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Nite Flite Rds.
- Registered owner
- Nite Flite Rds.
- Departed
- Lufkin, TX
- Destination
- Lufkin, TX
- Airport
- Angelina, runway 15, 4,545 × 100 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.
- Registration
- N733BD
- Reported as
- Cessna 172N
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 17268160
- Engine
- Lycoming O-360, 160 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Business · Part 91
- Operator
- Valentine Corporation
- Registered owner
- Valentine Corporation
- Departed
- Lufkin, TX
- Destination
- Lufkin, TX
- Airport
- Angelina, runway 15, 4,545 × 100 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 · 2
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot, aircraft N59257
- Age
- 33
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Role
- Pilot, aircraft N733BD
- Age
- 24
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
FAA reports on this event · 2
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.