- Date
- October 18, 1992, 11:50 local (15:50 UTC)
- Place
- Linden, NJ
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N17023Cessna 150L
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report September 14, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19921018042469A
- Case key
- 37263
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Probable cause
The automobile driver's failure to see and avoid aircraft traffic while crossing an active runway.
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 pilot stated that while completing a landing, he observed an automobile stopping at the runway crossing hold line. The driver appeared to look both ways, then accelerated across the runway. The front of the automobile struck the tail section of the airplane and severed it from the fuselage.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N17023
- Reported as
- Cessna 150L
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15073589
- Airframe hours
- 6,230
- Engine
- Continental O-200A, 100 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Operator
- Linden Air Services Corp
- Registered owner
- Linden Air Services Corp
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · September 18, 1992 · 98 hours before
- Airport
- LDJ · Linden Municipal, runway 9, 4,100 × 100 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
- 24
- Certificates
- Commercial, Flight instructor
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Right
- Flight hours
- 885 total · 413 in this make and model · 747 as pilot in command · 267 in the last 90 days · 115 in the last 30 days · 5 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 100° at 6 knots
- Visibility
- 7 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 70 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.