# NTSB LAX88LA329: Cessna 172N, N789CE, Camarillo, CA, August 28, 1988

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: August 28, 1988, 11:30 local (18:30 UTC)
- Place: Camarillo, CA
- Coordinates: 34.2308, -119.07032 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.2308&lon=-119.0703&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Taxi](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/250) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 3 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report July 10, 1989
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 26110
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=LAX88LA329
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/26110/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX88LA329

## Sequence of events

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

- On ground/water collision with object, taxi - to takeoff
  - object - airport facility (contributing factor)
  - visual lookout - inadequate, pilot in command (cause)

## 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](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N789CE), registered now, S/N 17270536, built 1978 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172N
- 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: 17270536
- Airframe hours: 1691
- Engines: 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

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 45; 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19880828059429A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19880828059429A), Aug 28, 1988: Cessna 172N, Oxnard, CA, Substantial damage. Aircrafts wing struck a hangar while taxiing for takeoff.

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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