# NTSB MIA82DA081: Cessna 152, N25853, Brooksville, FL, March 4, 1982

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Final report
- Date: March 4, 1982, 14:30 local (19:30 UTC)
- Place: Brooksville, FL
- Location: 28.5166° N, 82.4047° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Brooksville, FL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=28.5166&lon=-82.4047&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Taxi](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/250) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report March 4, 1983
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 70039
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=MIA82DA081
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/70039/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA82DA081

## Sequence of events

In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf).

- On ground/water collision with object, taxi - to takeoff
  - object - vehicle
  - clearance - misjudged, pilot in command (cause)

## Analysis

WHILE TAXIING FOR TAKEOFF ON A ROAD USED FOR AIRCRAFT AND VEHICLES THE AIRCRAFT COLLIDED WITH A PARKED GARBAGE TRUCK.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N25853](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N25853-1986-05-19), registration cancelled 1986-05-19, S/N 15280818 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 152
- Registry model: [Cessna 152](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-152) (registry code 2071835) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 152-80818
- Airframe hours: 1430
- Engines: LYCOMING O-235-L2C 110 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Operator: Herschel Wilson
- Registered owner: Herschel Wilson
- Departed: BROOKSVILLE, FL
- Destination: BROOKSVILLE, FL
- Airport: Pilot Country, runway 18, 3,740 × 25 ft, asphalt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 21; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land; medical: class 3, valid medical--w/ waivers/lim; flight hours: 102 total, 50 in this make and model, 61 as pilot in command, 5 in the last 90 days

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Visibility: 10 statute miles
- Temperature: 158 °F

## FAA reports on this event (1)

The FAA's own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19820304008119A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19820304008119A), Mar 4, 1982: Cessna 152, Brooksville, FL, Substantial damage. While taxiing on a road used by aircraft and vehicles, wing struck a garbage truck.

## Other investigations on N25853 (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB MIA84FA241](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA84FA241), Aug 25, 1984: Cessna 152 (N25853), Valdosta, GA, destroyed, 4 fatal

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

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