- Date
- July 8, 1984, 17:30 local (Jul 9, 1984, 00:30 UTC)
- Place
- Hillsboro, OR
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Taxi
- Aircraft
- N5280ECessna 172NII
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19840708031069A
- Case key
- 39968
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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 object
Clearance - not maintainedCause
InattentiveFactor
Analysis
While taxing on a ramp area the plts attention was diverted to adjusting the transponder code. The left wing of the acft contacted a moving fuel truck.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5280E
- Reported as
- Cessna 172NII
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 17271810
- Airframe hours
- 1,682
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-H2AD, 160 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Eagle Flight Center
- Registered owner
- David Barak
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Utility; Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · June 9, 1984
- Flight plan
- VFR
- Airport
- HI0 · Portland-Hillsboro
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
- 36
- Certificates
- Commercial, Flight instructor
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 475 total · 475 in this make and model · 409 as pilot in command · 2 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 320° at 11 knots
- Visibility
- 75 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 30,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 79 °F, dew point 55 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- HIO
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.