ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 356415
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| Date: | Tuesday 10 December 1996 |
| Time: | 21:25 LT |
| Type: |  Mooney M-20G |
| Owner/operator: | Private |
| Registration: | N6868N |
| MSN: | 680123 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1968 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 5114 hours |
| Engine model: | Lycoming O-360-A1D |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Saginaw, TX -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Taxi |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | (T67) |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
It was a dark night, and the airplane, with its landing, belly strobe, and navigation lights on, was taxiing north on the taxiway for takeoff on runway 14. A pickup truck traveling south on the taxiway struck the left wing tip of the airplane. The driver of the pickup stated that she saw one headlight and assumed the oncoming traffic was a motorcycle. She further stated that she identified the traffic as an airplane immediately prior to the collision and applied the brakes, but was unable to avoid hitting the airplane.
Probable Cause: The driver of the vehicle's failure to maintain clearance from the taxiing airplane. A factor was the dark night light condition which resulted in the driver's delayed visual identification of the airplane.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB FTW97LA060
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 20 August 2017 | N6833N | Private | 0 | near Flagler Beach, Palm coast, FL | |
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| Inflight smoke | ||||||
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Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
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| 13-Mar-2024 06:57 | ASN Update Bot | Added |
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