- Date
- January 19, 1989, 16:00 local (21:00 UTC)
- Place
- Jacksonville, FL
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Phase of flight
- Taxi
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report March 25, 1991
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA reports
- 19890119001041A19890119001042A
- Case key
- 32386
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Probable cause
The Cessna 152 pilot misjudged clearance between his aircraft and the parked Piper PA-28.
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
A Piper PA-28, N32816, was parked on a ramp with the engine operating as a Cessna 152, N89803, was being maneuvered to park in the same area after the pilot had landed. Subsequently, the Cessna's right wing moved into the arc of the PA-28'S rotating propeller. This resulted in substantial damage to the Cessna's wing & minor damage to the PA-28. A check of the Cessna's nose gear steering & brakes revealed no evidence of a malfunction or failure.
Aircraft · 2
- Registration
- N89803
- Reported as
- Cessna 152
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15282874
- Airframe hours
- 3,658
- Engine
- Lycoming O-235-L2C, 110 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Operator
- Brown, Duane L.
- Registered owner
- Brown, D. L./Prather, R. L.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Utility
- Last inspection
- Annual · June 1, 1988 · 95 hours before
- Airport
- 23J · Herlong
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
- N32816
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28-151
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 28-7515249
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-E3D, 150 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- White, Doyle R.
- Registered owner
- Doyles, White R
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Airport
- 23J · Herlong
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 N89803
- Age
- 46
- Certificate
- Student
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 42 total · 2 in this make and model · 9 as pilot in command · 21 in the last 90 days · 10 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
- Role
- Pilot, aircraft N32816
- Age
- 65
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 235 total
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 7 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 55 °F, dew point 52 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- CRG, 16 nm away
FAA reports on this event · 2
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.
Other investigations on N89803 · 2
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.