- Date
- September 19, 1998, 11:30 local (18:30 UTC)
- Place
- Oroville, CA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Taxi
- Aircraft
- N19063Cessna 150L
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report April 20, 2000
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19980919039989A
- Case key
- 45122
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Probable cause
Failure of the pilot to maintain proper clearance and subsequently striking a hangar door while taxiing to parking.
Sequence of events
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Analysis
The pilot stated that as he was taxiing back to the hangar, he misjudged the distance between the hangar door and the right wing of the airplane. The right wing struck the hangar door resulting in substantial damage.
Factual narrative
On September 19, 1998, at 1130 hours Pacific daylight time, a Cessna 150L, N19063, collided with an open hangar door while taxiing back to the hangar after landing at the Oroville, California, airport. The aircraft, operated under the provisions of 14 CFR Part 91, sustained substantial damage. The commercial pilot/owner was not injured. Visual meteorological conditions existed for the personal flight and no flight plan was filed.
The pilot reported that after landing he taxied to a compass rose that was painted on the ground between helipads to check the accuracy of the aircraft's magnetic compass. After checking the accuracy of the aircraft's magnetic compass, the pilot taxied the aircraft to the hanger. The pilot stated that as he was taxiing back he misjudged the distance between the hangar door and the right wing of the aircraft struck the door.
The accident was reported to the Safety Board on October 16, 1998.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N19063
- Reported as
- Cessna 150L
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15074135
- Airframe hours
- 4,609
- Engine
- Continental O-200-A, 100 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Jerry S. & Frances Fitzgerald
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · August 6, 1998 · 9 hours before
- Departed
- OVE
- Airport
- OVE · Oroville Muni
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Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 63
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 714 total · 641 in this make and model · 601 as pilot in command · 18 in the last 90 days · 6 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 310° at 8 knots, gusting 12
- Visibility
- 30 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 72 °F
- Observed at
- OVE
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.