ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 353652
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| Date: | Sunday 18 October 1998 |
| Time: | 14:30 LT |
| Type: |  Cessna 152 |
| Owner/operator: | Palo Alto Flying Club |
| Registration: | N5550L |
| MSN: | 15284352 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1980 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 6595 hours |
| Engine model: | Lycoming O-235-L26 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Palo Alto, CA -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Taxi |
| Nature: | Training |
| Departure airport: | |
| (KPAO) | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
The student pilot was on her first solo cross-country flight. She was following the yellow taxiway centerline at her base airport between two rows of parked aircraft. A fuel truck was parked in front of an aircraft conducting a refueling operation and the student misjudged the wing tip clearance from the truck. The right wing collided with the unoccupied fuel truck.
Probable Cause: The pilot's failure to maintain clearance between the airplane's wing and a parked fuel truck.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB LAX99LA017
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Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
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| 10-Mar-2024 09:06 | ASN Update Bot | Added |
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