- Date
- April 16, 1984, 20:37 local (Apr 17, 1984, 01:37 UTC)
- Place
- Vero Beach, FL
- Injuries
- 2 minor, 1 uninjured; on the ground: 1 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Standing
- Aircraft
- N89948Cessna 152
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Night/bright
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19840416014389A
- Case key
- 31122
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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.
On ground/water collision with object
Object - vehicleFactor
Visual lookout - inadequateCause
Diverted attentionCause
Light condition - nightFactor
Control tower service - not maintainedFactor
Analysis
A truck ran into an acft waitng to takeoff. The acft was on the runup pad and the vehicle driver was distracted by an acft taking off. The control tower was not in service.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N89948
- Reported as
- Cessna 152
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15282924
- Engine
- Lycoming O-235-L2C, 110 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Walter H. Mueller
- Registered owner
- Florida Skyways, Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · September 21, 1983 · 22 hours before
- Airport
- VRB · Vero Beach
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
- Certificates
- Flight instructor, Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 605 total · 190 in this make and model · 450 as pilot in command · 54 in the last 90 days · 3 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Night/bright
- Wind
- 260° at 10 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 64 °F, dew point 46 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- VRB
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.