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Cessna 152 N68454

9 June 1997 · St. Cloud, Minnesota, United States · No injuries

Summary

On 9 June 1997 at about 15:00 local time, a Cessna 152 registered N68454 was involved in an accident near St. Cloud, Minnesota, United States. One person was on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. The NTSB has published a probable cause for this accident; it is quoted in full below.

The record

Date
at 15:00
Classification
Accident
Location
St. Cloud, Minnesota, United States
Nearest airport
St. Cloud Regional (STC)
Coordinates
45.5507, -94.1707
Aircraft
Cessna 152
Registration
N68454
Category
Airplane
Engines
1
Operator
Not recorded
Operating rule
Part 91: General Aviation
Purpose of flight
Instructional
Phase of flight
Not recorded
Aircraft damage
Substantial
Weather
VMC
Light
Day
NTSB number
CHI97LA161

People

Nobody was injured.

On board Died Serious Minor Uninjured
1 0 0 0 1

Probable cause

the pilot's misjudgment of his clearance around the parked vehicle. A factor was the location of the parked vehicle.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record. This site does not paraphrase or interpret it.

Read the full NTSB narrative

The student pilot was taxing for takeoff when the left wing of the airplane contacted a parked fire truck which was parked in front of the T-hangar area. The pilot reported he saw the parked fire truck but thought he had sufficient clearance to continue taxiing.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.

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