- Date
- September 12, 1989, 15:45 local (19:45 UTC)
- Place
- Marathon, FL
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Taxi
- Aircraft
- N3220JCessna 150G
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report September 5, 1991
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19890912044639A
- Case key
- 32502
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Probable cause
The pilot's misjudgement of clearance between his aircraft and the parked aircraft. Factors related to the accident were: sunglare and the location of the parked aircraft.
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
During taxi for takeoff, the left wing tip of the acft collided with a fuel truck. The plt stated the sun was in his eyes & he misjudged the clearance.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3220J
- Reported as
- Cessna 150G
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15065920
- Engine
- Continental O-200-A, 100 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Unknown
- Airport
- MTH · Marathon Flight Strip
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
- 40
- Certificates
- Commercial, Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 400 total
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 130° at 12 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 25,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- -0 °F, dew point -0 °F
- Observed at
- EYW, 40 nm away
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.
Other investigations on N3220J · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.