Probable cause
The pilot's failure to maintain clearance with the building while taxiing on a road.
NTSB analysis
The pilot reported that after back-taxiing on the grass airstrip, he taxied onto an asphalt road between the airstrip and the hangar area on the northeast side of the airport. As he taxied on the road, he felt a "jolt." After stopping and exiting the airplane, he noted that the left wing had contacted the T-hangar. The pilot reported that he was informed by the airport manager that other aircraft had contacted the hangar in the same location. There are no paved taxiways on the airport and the building that was contacted is painted orange.
Text from the NTSB. Open the NTSB docket for CEN09TA399 for the full record.
Event
- Date
- Jun 20, 2009
- Type
- Accident
- Place
- Cookson, Oklahoma
- Nearest airport
- Tenkiller Lake Airpark (44M)
- Highest injury
- None
- Weather
- Visual (VMC)
- Light
- Day
Cessna 182
- N-number
- N60HP
- Category
- Airplane
- Damage
- Substantial
- Operating rule
- Public aircraft
- Purpose of flight
- Public aircraft
From the NTSB aviation accident database: N-registered aircraft, events since 2008, data through Oct 28, 2026. The file is published monthly, so the latest weeks are incomplete and recent records can change. The official source is the NTSB aviation investigation search. CheckAero is independent and not affiliated with the NTSB.