NYC83LA174

NTSB accident investigation · Cessna 150M · Atlantic City, NJ · July 14, 1983

Accident · No injuriesLimited investigationFinal report
Date
July 14, 1983, 10:15 local (14:15 UTC)
Place
Atlantic City, NJ
Injuries
1 uninjured
Damage
Substantial damage
Phase of flight
Taxi
Aircraft
N6416KCessna 150M
Weather
Visual (VMC) · Day
Status
Completed
Report
Approved by Office Director
FAA report
19830714064599A
Case key
35226

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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.

On ground/water collision with objectTaxi
Object - aircraft parked/standing
Starting procedure - prematureDual studentCause
Lack of familiarity with aircraftDual studentCause

Analysis

After preflight and while the student plt was waiting for the CFI to board the acft he started the eng. The acft began to roll forward. The student, being unfamiliar with acft, could not stop the acft prior to colliding with the parked Cessna 182Q.

Aircraft

Registration
N6416K
Reported as
Cessna 150M
Category
Airplane
Serial number
15077692
Airframe hours
2,763
Engine
Continental O-200A, 100 horsepower, reciprocating
Damage
Substantial damage
Flight
Instructional · Part 91
Operator
Andrew R. Zepp
Registered owner
Atlantic City Air Taxi, Inc.
Airworthiness certificate
Standard, Normal
Last inspection
Annual · July 16, 1982 · 91 hours before
Flight plan
Unknown
Airport
ATY · Bader Field

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
Airplane ratings
Single-engine land
Medical
Unknown, Unknown
Seat
Left
Flight hours
4 total · 4 in this make and model · 1 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 24 hours

Weather

Conditions
Visual (VMC) · Day
Visibility
25 statute miles
Lowest ceiling
None
Temperature
79 °F

FAA reports on this event · 1

The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.