- Date
- May 19, 1971
- Place
- Philadelphia, PA · PHILADELPHIA, PA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Taxi
- Aircraft
- N2878LCessna 172
- Status
- Completed · report January 12, 1972
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 161575
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NTSB brief
NTSB’s brief of the accident, as it was printed: the coded facts, with the probable cause and factors.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FILE DATE LOCATION AIRCRAFT DATA INJURIES FLIGHT PILOT DATA F S M/N PURPOSE ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1620 71/5/19 PHILADELPHIA,PA CESSNA 172 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 45, 95 TOTAL TIME - 1815 N2878L PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP HOURS, ALL IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - PHILADELPHIA INTL DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION PHILADELPHIA,PA LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: OBJECT TAXI: FROM LANDING PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED CLEARANCE REMARKS- L WING TIP HIT FREIGHT HUT WHILE TAXIING.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2878L
- Reported as
- Cessna 172
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Philadelphia Intl
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