- Date
- May 17, 1982, 14:15 local (21:15 UTC)
- Place
- Bakersfield, CA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Taxi
- Aircraft
- N6459DCessna 172
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report May 17, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19820517016339A
- Case key
- 69869
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
The student pilot had been cleared to land at meadows field but landed five miles to the south-southeast at Bakersfield airpark. Upon taxiing back to takeoff the left wing collided with a backhoe which was working alongside the runway installing a lighting system.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6459D
- Reported as
- Cessna 172
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 17272810
- Airframe hours
- 1,558
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320, 160 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Air South
- Registered owner
- Donald J. Staub
- Departed
- BFL · Fullerton, CA
- Destination
- Fort Apache, AZ
- Flight plan
- VFR
- Airport
- L45 · Bakersfield Airpark, runway 31, 3,200 × 50 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
- 55
- Certificate
- Student
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Flight hours
- 111 total · 111 in this make and model · 19 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 270° at 7 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 20,000 ft overcast
- Temperature
- 199 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- BFL, 5 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.