- Date
- July 26, 1992, 18:25 local (22:25 UTC)
- Place
- Fuquay-Varina, NC
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Taxi
- Aircraft
- N25502Cessna 152
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report August 31, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19920726027379A
- Case key
- 33114
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Probable cause
Failure of the pilot-in-command to maintain adequate wingtip clearance with bushes off the side of the taxiway while taxiing to takeoff.
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 to takeoff, the lt wingtip collided with bushes along the lt side of the taxiway. The acft yawed to the lt, travelled off the rwy into a ditch.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N25502
- Reported as
- Cessna 152
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15280698
- Airframe hours
- 2,836
- Engine
- Lycoming O-235-L2C, 110 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Rons Aircraft Svcs Of Raleigh
- Registered owner
- Laufman, Blaine J. & Anne E.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Utility; Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · June 24, 1992 · 74 hours before
- Departed
- 5W5
- Airport
- 5W5 · Triple W
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
- 39
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 225 total · 88 in this make and model · 154 as pilot in command · 2 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 190° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 6 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 88 °F, dew point 75 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- RDU, 16 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 N25502 · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.