- Date
- December 13, 1982, 12:30 local (20:30 UTC)
- Place
- Vancouver, WA
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Taxi
- Aircraft
- N3880QCessna 172L
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report December 13, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19821213064869A
- Case key
- 72916
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Analysis
After landing, the pilot began taxiing to the parking area. While taxiing, he came to an area where he tried to taxi between a fuel truck and a Beech baron. The pilot stated that he misjudged the distance between his right wing tip and the fuel truck and the wing tip struck the truck.
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.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3880Q
- Reported as
- Cessna 172L
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 59880
- Airframe hours
- 2,700
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-E2D, 150 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- John W. Armstrong
- Registered owner
- John W. Armstrong
- Departed
- HIO · Hillsboro, OR
- Destination
- 605 · Vancouver, WA
- Flight plan
- IFR
- Airport
- 60S · Pearson Airpark
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
- 32
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 736 total · 453 in this make and model · 736 as pilot in command · 45 in the last 90 days · 3 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 1,000 ft overcast
- Temperature
- 113 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.
Other investigations on N3880Q · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.