- Date
- December 14, 1989, 14:32 local (22:32 UTC)
- Place
- Monterey, CA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Taxi
- Aircraft
- N739EQCessna 172
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report September 5, 1991
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19891214051469A
- Case key
- 26704
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Probable cause
Pilot misjudged clearance between the aircraft's wing tip & the fuel truck. A factor related to the accident was: the proximity of the vehicle (fuel truck).
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
The pilot failed to avoid a parked fuel truck, while maneuvering his aircraft in the refueling area. There was no restriction to visibility, and no preimpact malfunction of the aircraft was reported.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N739EQ
- Reported as
- Cessna 172
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-H2AD, 160 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Trans Bay Airways
- Registered owner
- Unknown
- Departed
- SQL · San Carlos, CA
- Flight plan
- VFR
- Airport
- MRL · Monterey, runway 28L, 6,597 × 150 ft, macadam
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
- 23
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 97 total · 97 in this make and model · 13 in the last 90 days · 5 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 90° at 16 knots
- Visibility
- 55 statute miles
- 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.