- Date
- September 23, 1989, 13:00 local (20:00 UTC)
- Place
- Phoenix, AZ
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Taxi
- Aircraft
- N252ERCessna 172
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report September 30, 1991
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19890923036189A
- Case key
- 26511
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Probable cause
The pilot misjudged clearance between the wingtip and the blast deflector shield. The proximity of the shield was a related factor.
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.
Analysis
As the plt entered the runup area for rwy 8L, the acft's left wingtip hit a blast deflector shield near the edge of the runup area.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N252ER
- Reported as
- Cessna 172
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 71635
- Engine
- Lycoming O-360-A4M, 180 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Embry Riddle Aero. Univ.
- Registered owner
- Unknown
- Departed
- PHX
- Destination
- PRC · Prescott, AZ
- Flight plan
- VFR
- Airport
- PHX · Sky Harbor, runway 8L, 11,001 × 150 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
- 20
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 93 total · 93 in this make and model · 16 as pilot in command · 15 in the last 90 days · 15 in the last 30 days · 4 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- -0 °F, dew point -0 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.