ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 358819
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| Date: | Thursday 22 June 1995 |
| Time: | 20:10 LT |
| Type: |  Piper J-5A |
| Owner/operator: | Wausau Flying Service |
| Registration: | N40888 |
| MSN: | 5-1198 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1941 |
| Engine model: | Continental A 75-9C8 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Wausau, WI -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Taxi |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
THE PILOT STATED HE WAS TAXIING THE AIRPLANE IN A CONGESTED AREA NEAR A REFUELING ISLAND. ACCORDING TO THE PILOT, THE AIRPLANE'S RIGHT MAIN LANDING GEAR AND WING STRUT COLLIDED WITH THE FUEL PUMPS ON THE ISLAND. THE RIGHT WING STRUTS WERE BENT AND THE RIGHT WING SPAR WAS CRACKED AT THE JURY STRUT ATTACH POINT.
Probable Cause: the pilot's misjudgment of the clearance between the airplane and the fuel pumps.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB CHI95LA194
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 15 March 1999 | N40888 | John Chmiel | 0 | Wausau, WI | |
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| 14-Mar-2024 18:34 | ASN Update Bot | Added |
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