# NTSB IAD05CA059: Cessna 152, N5150B, Millville, NJ, May 4, 2005

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Data collection · Final report
- Date: May 4, 2005, 12:04 local (16:04 UTC)
- Place: Millville, NJ
- Coordinates: 39.367778, -75.072219
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.3678&lon=-75.0722&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Taxi](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/250) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report September 13, 2005
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 61436
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=IAD05CA059
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/61436/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/IAD05CA059

## Probable cause

The pilot's misjudgment of the airplane's distance to the restaurant sundeck.

## Sequence of events

In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf).

- On ground/water collision with object, taxi
  - distance - misjudged, pilot in command (cause)

## 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](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5150B-2015-05-15), registration cancelled 2015-05-15, S/N 15283777, built 1979 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: Cessna 152
- Registry model: [Cessna 152](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-152) (registry code 2071835) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Lycoming 0-235 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-235-series) (registry code 41505, 4 cycle) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: `15283777
- Engines: 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

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 43; injuries: none; 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 20050504018909A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20050504018909A), May 4, 2005: Cessna 152, Millville, NJ, Substantial damage. (-23) Pilot was taxiing for parking and misjudged distance from deck railing of a restaurant located at the airport and hit the tip of the leading edge of the…

## Other investigations on N5150B (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 LAX86LA176](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX86LA176), Apr 13, 1986: Cessna 152 (N5150B), Snellings, CA, substantial damage

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.

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