- Date
- October 26, 1988, 12:15 local (17:15 UTC)
- Place
- Muskogee, OK
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Taxi
- Aircraft
- N4715BCessna 152
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report January 24, 1990
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19881026048259A
- Case key
- 22809
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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
Acft's left wing struck a truck that was parked adjacent to the taxiway. After initial impact, the acft veered left and the nose also struck the truck. The plt stated that he was concentrating on a ramp sweeper that was moving down the taxiway in front of the truck and he misjudged the clearance between his acft and the truck.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4715B
- Reported as
- Cessna 152
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15283594
- Airframe hours
- 2,767
- Engine
- Lycoming O-235-L2C, 110 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Hatbox Aviation
- Registered owner
- Hatbox Aviation
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · September 17, 1988 · 65 hours before
- Departed
- HAX · Muskogee, OK
- Destination
- MKO
- Airport
- MKD · Davis Field, runway 13, 7,200 × 150 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
- 44
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 80 total · 70 in this make and model
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 100° at 9 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 61 °F, dew point 30 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- TUL, 45 nm away
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.