- Date
- July 17, 1987, 13:14 local (17:14 UTC)
- Place
- Miami, FL
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Taxi
- Aircraft
- N49817Cessna 152
- Weather
- Instrument (IMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report October 6, 1988
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19870717038839A
- Case key
- 31944
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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.
Analysis
While taxiing from landing in reduced visibility the instructor plt stated that he was unable to establish whether or not the acft was on a taxiway. He was then attempting to reverse direction when the rt wing collided with a fence.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N49817
- Reported as
- Cessna 152
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15281337
- Airframe hours
- 3,335
- Engine
- Lycoming O-235, 110 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Operator
- Merit Aviation
- Registered owner
- Kimura Aviation
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Utility
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · May 21, 1987
- Airport
- OPF · Opa Locka
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
- 58
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Right
- Flight hours
- 2,567 total · 250 in this make and model · 2,073 as pilot in command · 65 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Instrument (IMC) · Day
- Wind
- 200° at 15 knots, gusting 22
- Visibility
- 1 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 1,500 ft broken
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- OPF
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.