- Date
- October 4, 1991, 17:45 local (Oct 5, 1991, 00:45 UTC)
- Place
- Santa Monica, CA
- Injuries
- 5 uninjured
- Phase of flight
- Taxi
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report March 31, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA reports
- 19911004045001A19911004045002A
- Case key
- 27469
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
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Probable cause
The failure of the pilot of the other aircraft to maintain an adequate visual lookout while taxiing his aircraft.
The failure of the pilot to maintain an adequate visual lookout while taxiing the aircraft.
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 of the Cessna 421C, N5486G, said that as he approached the runup area for the active runway, he looked down in the cockpit to adjust the intercom system and the aircraft taxied into the stopped Cessna 152, N93839, which was holding in the runup area for a takeoff clearance.
The pilot of the Cessna 421C, N5486G, said that as he approached the runup area for the active runway, he looked down in the cockpit to adjust the intercom system and the aircraft taxied into the stopped Cessna 152, N93839, which was holding in the runup area for a takeoff clearance.
Aircraft · 2
- Registration
- N5486G
- Reported as
- Cessna 421C
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 421C0233
- Engine
- Continental GTSIO-520, 375 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Dalton, Timothy V.
- Registered owner
- Dalton, Timothy V.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · September 1, 1991
- Airport
- Santa Monica
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.
- Registration
- N93839
- Reported as
- Cessna 152
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15285558
- Engine
- Lycoming O-235-L2C, 115 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Operator
- Bob Lench Aviation, Inc.
- Registered owner
- Bob Lench Aviation, Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Unknown · January 2, 2000
- Airport
- Santa Monica
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 · 2
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot, aircraft N5486G
- Age
- 45
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 1,038 total · 235 in this make and model · 15 in the last 90 days · 6 in the last 30 days
- Role
- Pilot, aircraft N93839
- Age
- 22
- Certificates
- Flight instructor, Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Right
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 6 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
FAA reports on this event · 2
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.