# NTSB GAA17CA160: Cessna 152, N6132Q, Madill, OK, February 26, 2017 - Type: NTSB accident investigation - Classification: Accident · No injuries · Data collection · Final report - Date: February 25, 2017, 21:30 local (Feb 26, 2017, 03:30 UTC) - Place: Madill, OK - Coordinates: 34.140834, -96.811943 (estimated) - Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.1408&lon=-96.8119&mi=10 - Phase of flight: [Taxi](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/250) (OpenAirDocs' grouping) - Defining event: [Taxi: Ground collision](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/200) - Highest injury: No injuries - Injuries: 1 uninjured - Status: Completed, report May 15, 2017 - Report: Approved by Office Director - NTSB office: General Aviation Accidents - Parties: FAA - NTSB case key (mKey): 94788 - NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=GAA17CA160 - NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/94788/pdf - NTSB docket: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=94788 - Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA17CA160 ## Probable cause The pilot’s failure to maintain clearance from a hangar while taxiing at night. ## Findings NTSB's coded findings; those marked are part of the probable cause. - [Attention/monitoring: monitoring environment](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02021545): Personnel issues › Psychological · Pilot (probable cause); cases with it: [Cessna 152, 5 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02021545/cases.md?model=2071835), [All aircraft, 809 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02021545/cases.md) - [Object/animal/substance: airport structure](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/03022042): Environmental issues › Physical environment · Effect on operation (probable cause); cases with it: [Cessna 152, 2 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/03022042/cases.md?model=2071835), [All aircraft, 50 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/03022042/cases.md) - [Info processing/decision: decision making/judgment](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02041520): Personnel issues › Action/decision · Pilot; cases with it: [Cessna 152, 33 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02041520/cases.md?model=2071835), [All aircraft, 3,098 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02041520/cases.md) - [Light condition: low light](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/03036015): Environmental issues › Conditions/weather/phenomena · Effect on personnel; cases with it: [Cessna 152, 1 case](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/03036015/cases.md?model=2071835), [All aircraft, 36 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/03036015/cases.md) ## Sequence of events The events NTSB coded, in order, by phase of flight. The defining event best describes what happened. - [Taxi: Ground collision](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/200) (defining event); cases with it: [Cessna 152, 11 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/200/sequence.md?model=2071835), [All aircraft, 618 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/200/sequence.md) ## 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](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N6132Q), registered now, S/N 15285156 (OpenAirDocs) - Reported make and model: CESSNA 152 (NO SERIES) - Registry model: [Cessna 152](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-152) (registry code 2071835) (OpenAirDocs) - Category: Airplane - Serial number: 15285156 - Year built: 1981 - Airframe hours: 16705.6 - Engines: 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 ## Flight crew As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names. - Student pilot; age 21; injuries: none; 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 ## 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 20170225001779A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20170225001779A), Feb 25, 2017: Cessna 152, Madill, OK, Substantial damage. Student pilot of N6132Q stated while taxiing he attempted a left 180 degree turn on the taxiway thinking he had wing clearance from a building on the north… ## Other investigations on N6132Q (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 GAA19CA346](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA19CA346), Jun 11, 2019: Cessna 152 (N6132Q), Greenville, TX, substantial damage. Probable cause: The passing pilot’s failure to maintain clearance from the airplane that he was attempting to pass during taxi operations. Contributing to the accident was the passing pilot's distraction due to… ## Docket (4 files) The files NTSB released with the investigation on April 6, 2017, on NTSB's docket system: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=94788. 981 KB in all. - Pilot/Operator Aircraft Accident Report, NTSB Form 6120.1 (item 1, .PDF, 257 KB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=40454453&FileExtension=.PDF&FileName=Pilot%2FOperator%20Aircraft%20Accident%20Report,%20NTSB%20Form%206120.1-Master.PDF - Accident Photo (Courtesy of FAA) (item 2, .PDF, 1 photo, 369 KB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=40450775&FileExtension=.PDF&FileName=Accident%20Photo%20(Courtesy%20of%20FAA)-Master.PDF - Chief Pilot Statement (item 3, .PDF, 51 KB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=40450776&FileExtension=.PDF&FileName=Chief%20Pilot%20Statement-Master.PDF - Operations Manual (item 4, .PDF, 305 KB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=40450777&FileExtension=.PDF&FileName=Operations%20Manual-Master.PDF 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. --- OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). It is not affiliated with the FAA or the NTSB. Source documents are U.S. government works in the public domain.