- Date
- August 28, 1988, 11:30 local (18:30 UTC)
- Place
- Camarillo, CA
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Taxi
- Aircraft
- N789CECessna 172N
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report July 10, 1989
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19880828059429A
- Case key
- 26110
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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
Object - airport facilityFactor
Visual lookout - inadequateCause
Analysis
While taxiing for takeoff, the pilot maneuvered off the taxiway centerline to allow an oncoming Cessna 182 to pass. The Cessna 172 then collided with an airport t-hangar located near the taxiway.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N789CE
- Reported as
- Cessna 172N
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 17270536
- Airframe hours
- 1,691
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-H2AD, 160 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Channel Island Aviation
- Registered owner
- Ernshaw, Craig
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · July 28, 1988 · 37 hours before
- Departed
- CMA
- Destination
- L26 · Hesperia, CA
- Airport
- CMA · Camarillo
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
- 45
- Certificates
- Private, Flight instructor
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine sea, Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Right
- Flight hours
- 1,102 total · 78 in this make and model · 1,069 as pilot in command · 1 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 75 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.