- Date
- February 13, 1988, 14:00 local (22:00 UTC)
- Place
- Friday Harbor, WA
- Injuries
- 4 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Taxi
- Aircraft
- N52794Cessna 172P
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report March 30, 1989
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19880213054719A
- Case key
- 40781
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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 - aircraft parked/standingFactor
Clearance - not maintainedCause
Procedures/directives - not followedFactor
Analysis
Plt was following taxi line and failed to note parked acft left wing intruding into taxi lane. Contact between left wing tips resulted.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N52794
- Reported as
- Cessna 172P
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 17274608
- Airframe hours
- 3,403
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-D2J, 160 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Galvin Flying Service, Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Flight plan
- VFR
- Airport
- S19 · Friday Harbor
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 32
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 108 total · 38 in this make and model · 75 as pilot in command · 7 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 190° at 7 knots
- Visibility
- 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 15,000 ft overcast
- Temperature
- 46 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- S19
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.