- Date
- October 27, 1983, 17:00 local (22:00 UTC)
- Place
- Augusta, KS
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Taxi
- Aircraft
- N46644Cessna 152
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19831027055969A
- Case key
- 33584
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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
The acft collided with a truck while taxiing out for takeoff. The plt said that when he saw the truck coming from the opposite direction along the side of the rwy he slowed down and steered to the opposite side of the taxiway. The driver of the truck made no apparent attempt to change his position so as to pass clear. The plt saw the truck driver duck downin his seat as the vehicles approached each other. At this time the plt applied full brakes and cut the engine. The acftleft wing hit the trucks windshield.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N46644
- Reported as
- Cessna 152
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15283083
- Airframe hours
- 1,300
- Engine
- Lycoming O-235-L2C, 110 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Operator
- Goldwing Aviation, Inc.
- Registered owner
- Charles Mcconnell
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · August 8, 1983 · 50 hours before
- Airport
- 3AU · Augusta Muni
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
- 36
- Certificate
- Student
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 24 total · 20 in this make and model · 4 as pilot in command · 4 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 180° at 13 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 61 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.