Probable cause
The pilot's failure to maintain adequate clearance from the stopped trailer while taxiing.
NTSB analysis
According to the pilot, he was taxiing to the runway for takeoff. The airport was a private, uncontrolled fly-in community and the roads were designated taxiways. The pilot observed a truck and trailer coming towards him and noted that the driver had pulled to the side to let him pass. The pilot looked inside the cockpit to check his power setting, as the taxiway was on an upslope. He thought he had adequate clearance from the trailer; however, the left wing struck the top of the trailer as he passed, pulling the airplane to the left. The airplane sustained structural damage to the left wing.
Text from the NTSB. Open the NTSB docket for ERA11CA387 for the full record.
Event
- Date
- Jul 2, 2011
- Type
- Accident
- Place
- Weirsdale, Florida
- Nearest airport
- Love Field Airport (97FL)
- Highest injury
- None
- Weather
- Visual (VMC)
- Light
- Day
Cessna 150C
- N-number
- N1953Z
- Category
- Airplane
- Damage
- Substantial
- Operating rule
- Part 91 (general aviation)
- Purpose of flight
- Personal
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