- Date
- December 9, 1985, 09:30 local (17:30 UTC)
- Place
- Upland, CA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Taxi
- Aircraft
- N64851Cessna 152
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19851209074899A
- Case key
- 25061
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Analysis
On December 9, 1985 at 0730 PST a Cessna 152 registered to walter d. cable of upand, California collided with a parked truck while taxiing for takeoff on the paralellel taxiway of rwy 24 at cable airport, Upland, CA. VMC prevailed at the time. The airport was under contruction and being resurfaced. The taxiway centerlines had not been repainted. A contractors truck was parked close to the taxiway, but there was sufficient space for a Cessna 152 to taxi around. The truck was equipped with ladder racks that protruded from the trucks body. The ladder racks were racks that protruded form the trucks body. The ladder racks were not clearly visible to the student pilot. As the aircraft taxiied abeam the truck, the rifht wing tip struck the ladder rack. The student pilot applied the brakes but the aircraft ground looped to the right. The right wing sturck the ladder rack again a few feet inboard of the wing tip. The student pilot indicated on the pilot aircraft accident report that there was no mechanical failure of malfunction.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N64851
- Reported as
- Cessna 152
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15281545
- Engine
- Lycoming O-235-L2C, 110 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Walter D. Cable
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Airport
- 2NW · Cable, runway 24, 3,785 × 75 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
- 47
- Certificate
- Student
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 21 total · 21 in this make and model · 5 as pilot in command · 20 in the last 90 days · 5 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 240° at 4 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 61 °F
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 N64851 · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.