# NTSB LAX82DA180: Cessna 172, N6459D, Bakersfield, CA, May 17, 1982

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Final report
- Date: May 17, 1982, 14:15 local (21:15 UTC)
- Place: Bakersfield, CA
- Location: 35.3249° N, 118.9960° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at BAKERSFIELD MUNI (L45), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.3249&lon=-118.9960&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Taxi](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/250) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report May 17, 1983
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 69869
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=LAX82DA180
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/69869/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX82DA180

## Sequence of events

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

- On ground/water collision with object, taxi - from landing
  - landed at wrong airport - performed, pilot in command
  - diverted attention, pilot in command (cause)
  - object - vehicle (contributing factor)
  - clearance - misjudged, pilot in command (cause)

## 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](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6459D-2017-08-14), registration cancelled 2017-08-14, S/N 17272810, built 1979 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172
- Registry model: [Cessna 172N](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172n) (registry code 2072434) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Lycoming 0-320 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (registry code 41508, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 17272810
- Airframe hours: 1558
- Engines: 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

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 55; 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19820517016339A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19820517016339A), May 17, 1982: Cessna 172, Bakersfield, CA, Substantial damage. Student landed at wrong airport for scheduled landing. Wing struck a backhoe working near taxiway.

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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