- Date
- October 19, 1990, 15:52 local (22:52 UTC)
- Place
- S. Lake Tahoe, CA
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Taxi
- Aircraft
- N6203RCessna 150E
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Not reported
- Status
- Completed · report December 30, 1992
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19901019046919A
- Case key
- 27046
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Probable cause
The pilot's failure to ensure adequate clearance was available when he attempted to taxi pass a parked vehicle.
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
After receiving his taxi clearance the pilot began taxiing toward the runway. A fuel truck was parked on an active taxiway, to the pilot's left, and was fueling an aircraft. The pilot taxied as FAR to the right as he could as he attempted to pass the fuel truck. The aircraft's left wing collided with the rear of the fuel truck and the aircraft's propeller damaged the truck's right outside mirror.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6203R
- Reported as
- Cessna 150E
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15061503
- Engine
- Continental O200A, 100 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Kern, Gunther
- Departed
- TVL
- Destination
- RHV · San Jose, CA
- Airport
- TVL · Lake Tahoe
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
- 61
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Flight hours
- 1,450 total · 994 in this make and model · 1,390 as pilot in command · 96 in the last 90 days · 18 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Not reported
- Visibility
- 10 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.