Cessna 152 N6132Q

Summary

On 26 February 2017 at about 03:30 local time, a Cessna 152 registered N6132Q was involved in an accident near Madill, Oklahoma, 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.

Date

26 February 2017 at 03:30

Classification

Accident

Location

Madill, Oklahoma, United States

Nearest airport

Madill Muni (1F4)

Coordinates

34.1408, -96.8119

Aircraft

Cessna 152

Registration

N6132Q

Category

Airplane

Year built

1981

Engines

1

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Instructional

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Sherman/Denison → Madill

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Night/Dark

NTSB number

GAA17CA160

Nobody was injured.

The pilot’s failure to maintain clearance from a hangar while taxiing at night.

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

Read the full NTSB narrative

The pilot reported that, during a solo night flight, he "landed long" and was unable to complete a touch-and-go as planned. The airport did not have a parallel taxiway leading to the departure end of the runway, so the pilot taxied onto the ramp area to turn around. During the taxi on the ramp, the lighting was "poor," and the right wing tip struck a hangar. He reported that he "did not realize" the right wing struck the hangar and continued the flight back to his home airport. After landing and securing the airplane, the pilot noticed that the right wing was damaged and told flight school maintenance personnel. A postaccident examination of the airplane revealed that it had sustained substantial damage to its right-wing rear spar. The pilot reported that there were no preaccident mechanical failures or malfunctions with the airplane that would have precluded normal operation. According to the flight school's flight operations manual, flight operations were not permitted at the accident airport due to the requirement for the runway to be at least 4,000 ft long. The accident airport runway was 3,005 ft long. In addition, the manual prohibited touch-and-go landings at night.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.