- Date
- February 15, 1992, 09:30 local (14:30 UTC)
- Place
- Sanford, ME
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Phase of flight
- Taxi
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report August 13, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA reports
- 19920215004601A19920215004602A
- Case key
- 37133
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
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Probable cause
The failure of the pilot of N64147 to maintain adequate spacing and visual lookout from N6544G while taxiing, resulting in a ground collision.
The failure of the pilot of N64147 to maintain adequate spacing and visual lookout from N6544G while taxiing, resulting in a ground collision.
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 Cessna 150 was taxiing on a runway in preparation for takeoff. As the pilot executed a left turn onto another runway, a Cessna 172, which was taxiing behind, collided with the Cessna 150. The pilot of the Cessna 172 said, 'I started to concentrate on...where I would park...my line of sight was to my left, as I returned my...sight to the right...[the Cessna 150] had turned...in front of us...it was evident we would not stop in time.'
The Cessna 150 was taxing on a runway in preparation for takeoff. As the pilot executed a left turn onto another runway, a Cessna 172, which was taxing behind, collided with the Cessna 150. The pilot of the Cessna 172 said, 'I started to concentrate on...where I would park...my line of sight was to my left, as I returned my...sight to the right...[the Cessna 150] had turned...in front of us...it was evident we would not stop in time.'
Aircraft · 2
- Registration
- N6544G
- Reported as
- Cessna 150
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15072044
- Engine
- Continental O-200A, 100 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Operator
- Anthony S. Pruszenski
- Registered owner
- Anthony S. Pruszenski
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · January 2, 2000 · 6 hours before
- Destination
- 2B2 · Plum Island, MA
- Airport
- SFM · Sanford, runway 32, 5,000 × 150 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.
- Registration
- N64147
- Reported as
- Cessna 172M
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 17265047
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-D2G, 160 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- North Shore Aero Club Inc.
- Registered owner
- North Shore Aero Club Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · January 2, 2000
- Airport
- SFM · Sanford, runway 32, 5,000 × 150 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 · 2
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot, aircraft N6544G
- Age
- 40
- Certificate
- Flight instructor
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine sea, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Right
- Flight hours
- 1,350 total · 250 in this make and model · 1,200 as pilot in command · 40 in the last 90 days · 29 in the last 30 days · 3 in the last 24 hours
- Role
- Pilot, aircraft N64147
- Age
- 64
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 539 total · 206 in this make and model · 539 as pilot in command · 6 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 7 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 45 °F
FAA reports on this event · 2
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.
Other investigations on N6544G · 2
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.