- Date
- February 25, 2017, 21:30 local (Feb 26, 2017, 03:30 UTC)
- Place
- Madill, OK
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Taxi
- Aircraft
- N6132QCessna 152
- Defining event
- Taxi: Ground collision
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Status
- Completed · report May 15, 2017
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office
- General Aviation Accidents
- Parties
- FAA
- FAA report
- 20170225001779A
- Case key
- 94788
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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Probable cause
The pilot’s failure to maintain clearance from a hangar while taxiing at night.
Findings · 4
NTSB’s coded findings. Those marked are part of the probable cause; the rest are factors or other findings. Under each, the cases with the same finding.
Sequence of events
The events NTSB coded, in order, by phase of flight. The defining event is the one that best describes the accident. Under each, the cases with the same event anywhere in their sequence.
Analysis
The pilot reported that, during a solo night flight, he "landed long" and was unable to complete a touch-and-go as planned. The airport did not have a parallel taxiway leading to the departure end of the runway, so the pilot taxied onto the ramp area to turn around. During the taxi on the ramp, the lighting was "poor," and the right wing tip struck a hangar. He reported that he "did not realize" the right wing struck the hangar and continued the flight back to his home airport. After landing and securing the airplane, the pilot noticed that the right wing was damaged and told flight school maintenance personnel. A postaccident examination of the airplane revealed that it had sustained substantial damage to its right-wing rear spar. The pilot reported that there were no preaccident mechanical failures or malfunctions with the airplane that would have precluded normal operation. According to the flight school's flight operations manual, flight operations were not permitted at the accident airport due to the requirement for the runway to be at least 4,000 ft long. The accident airport runway was 3,005 ft long. In addition, the manual prohibited touch-and-go landings at night.
Factual narrative
The pilot reported that during a solo night flight, he "landed long" and was unable to complete a touch-and-go as planned. The airport did not have a parallel taxiway leading to the departure end of the runway, so the pilot taxied onto the ramp area to turn around. During the taxi on the ramp the lighting was "poor" and the right wingtip struck a hangar. He reported that he "did not realize" the right wing struck the hangar and continued the flight back to his home airport. After landing and securing the airplane, he noticed the right wing was damaged and told the flight school maintenance personnel. A post-accident review revealed the airplane had sustained substantial damage to its right-wing rear spar. The pilot reported that there were no pre-accident mechanical failures or malfunctions with the airplane that would have precluded normal operation. According to the flight school's flight operations manual, flight operations were not permitted at the accident airport due to the requirement for the runway to be at least 4000 ft. long. The accident airport runway was 3,005 ft. long. In addition, the manual prohibited touch-and-go landings at night.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6132Q
- Reported as
- Cessna 152 (NO SERIES)
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15285156
- Built
- 1981
- Airframe hours
- 16,705.6
- Engine
- Lycoming O-235-L2C, 110 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Utility
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · February 20, 2017
- Departed
- GYI · Sherman/Denison, TX
- Destination
- 1F4 · Madill, OK
- Airport
- 1F4 · Madill Muni, runway 18, 3,005 × 60 ft, asphalt
- Equipment
- ADS-B, Stall warning system
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
- Student pilot
- Age
- 21
- Injuries
- None
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 1, Without waivers/limitations
- Last flight review
- November 10, 2016
- Seat
- Left
- Restraint
- 3-point
- Flight hours
- 131 total · 113 in this make and model · 83 as pilot in command · 59 in the last 90 days · 57 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 36 °F, dew point 14 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.09 inHg
- Observed at
- KADM, 14 nm away
Docket · 4
The files NTSB released with the investigation on April 6, 2017, on NTSB’s docket system: statements, records, photos and specialists’ reports. 981 KB in all.
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 N6132Q · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.