- Date
- February 10, 1985, 14:30 local (21:30 UTC)
- Place
- Boise, ID
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Taxi
- Aircraft
- N3056VCessna 172
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- Case key
- 40113
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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
Object - fence
Visual lookout - inadequateCause
Clearance - not maintainedCause
Analysis
While taxiing on the ramp after landing, the right wing of the acft struck a jet blast fence. The plt stated two linemen were guiding the acft at the time.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3056V
- Reported as
- Cessna 172
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 17250656
- Airframe hours
- 3,300
- Engine
- Continental O-300-D, 145 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Billy W Cox
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · January 1, 1985
- Departed
- ELY · Ely, NV
- Destination
- SFF · Spokane, WA
- Airport
- BOI · Terminal
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 62
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 2,170 total · 1,500 in this make and model · 25 in the last 90 days · 5 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 110° at 11 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 1,500 ft broken
- Temperature
- 30 °F, dew point 18 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- BOI