- Date
- May 4, 2005, 12:04 local (16:04 UTC)
- Place
- Millville, NJ
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Taxi
- Aircraft
- N5150BCessna 152
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report September 13, 2005
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 20050504018909A
- Case key
- 61436
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Probable cause
The pilot's misjudgment of the airplane's distance to the restaurant sundeck.
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
While taxiing to parking, the airplane's left wingtip struck the sundeck of a restaurant adjoining the ramp. The pilot thought the wingtip should have cleared the deck's railing, but may have "dipped" due to a crack in the pavement.
Factual narrative
On May 4, 2005, at 1204 eastern daylight time, a Cessna 152 was substantially damaged while taxiing at Millville Municipal Airport (MIV), Millville, New Jersey. The certificated private pilot was not injured. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed, and no flight plan had been filed between Monmouth Executive Airport (BLM), Belmar, New Jersey, and Millville. The personal flight was being conducted under 14 CFR Part 91.
According to pilot, he was "preparing to park [the airplane when the] left wingtip struck the sundeck of a restaurant adjoining the ramp." The pilot further stated that "it appeared as if the wing should clear the deck's railing, but it seemed as if the wing dipped possibly because of a crack in the pavement just before reaching the deck."
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5150B
- Reported as
- Cessna 152
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- `15283777
- Engine
- Avco Lycoming 0-235-L2C, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Eagles View Aviation
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Departed
- BLM · Belmar, NJ
- Destination
- MIV · Millville, NJ
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Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 43
- Injuries
- None
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3
- Flight hours
- 100 total · 100 in this make and model · 10 in the last 90 days · 3 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
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 N5150B · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.