- Date
- March 11, 1989, 14:00 local (19:00 UTC)
- Place
- Blairstown, NJ
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Phase of flight
- Taxi
- Aircraft
- N6093MStinson 108-3
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report August 26, 1992
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19890311003699A
- Case key
- 36308
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Probable cause
The pilot's misjudgement of the clearance between the airplanes.
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
An unoccupied glider was parked at the gas pump with its tail over the paved taxiway. N6093M had to taxi past the gas pump area in order to taxi to its tiedown area. The pilot attempted to pass the glider to the right by taxiing off the paved taxiway and into the mud. The left wing of the Stinson hit the rudder of the glider.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6093M
- Reported as
- Stinson 108-3
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 108-4093
- Airframe hours
- 2,500
- Engine
- Lycoming O-360-A4A, 180 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Leonard D. Chicco
- Registered owner
- Leonard Chicco
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · August 1, 1988 · 18 hours before
- Airport
- 1N7 · Blairstown, runway 7, 3,102 × 70 ft, asphalt
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
- 66
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 1,981 total · 800 in this make and model · 1,981 as pilot in command · 7 in the last 90 days · 2 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 270° at 15 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 45 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.