# Accident 19951229043582A: Cessna 172N, Kailua-Kona, HI, December 29, 1995

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 29, 1995, 13:52 local time
- Place: Kailua-Kona, HI
- Airport: Keahole Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Collision: Midair collision, second aircraft
- Phase of flight: Idling Engines
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 19.7388° N, 156.0456° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at , within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=19.7388&lon=-156.0456&mi=10
- Aircraft: N734ZC, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N734ZC) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172N (registry code 2072434, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172n) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172N
- Reported engine: LYC O320H2AD
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 412 total, 358 in this make and model, 42 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX96LA092](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX96LA092) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19951229043582A

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

WHILE TAXIING FOR TAKEOFF STOPPED DUE WACO N40115 TAXIING IN. WAS STRUCK BY SAME. WACO BLIND FORWARD ON GROUND.

## Other aircraft in the event

- N40115, Waco YMF: [Accident 19951229043581A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19951229043581A)

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB LAX96LA092](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX96LA092), Dec 29, 1995: Cessna 172N (N734ZC), Kailua Kona, HI, substantial damage. Probable cause: The failure of the Waco pilot to see and avoid the opposite direction Cessna 172 while both aircraft were taxiing in a non-movement area of the airport. Factors in the accident were: the congested…

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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