# NTSB Accident SEA02LA055
> **Cessna 152** · 2002-03-18 · NAS Whidbey, WA, USA · MINR
## Event
- **NTSB number:** SEA02LA055
- **Event ID:** 20020328X00420
- **Type:** Accident
- **Date:** 2002-03-18
- **Location:** NAS Whidbey, WA, USA
- **Coordinates:** 47.803611, -122.654998
## Injuries
- **Highest injury:** MINR
- **Fatal:** 0
- **Serious:** 0
- **Minor:** 2
- **Uninjured:** 0
- **Total aboard:** 2
## Aircraft
- **Make:** Cessna
- **Model:** 152
- **Registration:** N25455
- **FAR Part:** 091
- **Engines:** 1
- **Damage:** SUBS
## Conditions
- **Light:** DAYL
- **Weather:** VMC
## Probable cause

The pilot's improper decision to taxi behind a standing large military turbo-prop aircraft, which he knew may be performing periodic engine test runs, without first initiating communications to insure that the engine power on the standing aircraft would remain at idle as his aircraft taxied passed, thus leading to an inadvertent encounter with high-power propwash.

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