- Date
- September 9, 1984, 09:05 local (16:05 UTC)
- Place
- Hayward, CA
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Taxi
- Aircraft
- N7338FCessna 172N
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19840909065239A
- Case key
- 24418
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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.
On ground/water collision with object
Wing,spar - buckledFactor
Judgment - poorCause
Distance - misjudgedCause
Analysis
While taxiing to rwy 28 on the taxiway the acft was overtaken by a vw bus which hit the acfts left wing.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7338F
- Reported as
- Cessna 172N
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 17273251
- Airframe hours
- 2,250
- Engine
- Lycoming O-360-H2AD, 160 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Aviation Training Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
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
- 34
- Certificates
- Airline transport, Flight instructor, Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Right
- Flight hours
- 4,484 total · 2,277 in this make and model · 4,317 as pilot in command · 308 in the last 90 days · 6 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
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 N7338F · 2
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.
NTSB LAX86LA196Accident · No injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportColumbia, CAThe plt misjudged the flare during landing and the acft touched down in a nose low attitude shearing the nose gear from the acft. The density altitude was calculated to be 3,500 ft when the accident occurred.NTSB LAX85LA363Accident · No injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportTurlock, CAOn August 22, 1985, a Cessna 172N, N7338F, collided with a 3FT tall pole while taking off from Turlock, CA. VMC existed at the time. The ac was substantially damaged and the plt and his 2 pax were not injured. The plt stated that he was on the rwy when in…