# Accident 19960328005481A: Cessna 152, New Smyrna Beac, FL, March 28, 1996

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 28, 1996, 11:05 local time
- Place: New Smyrna Beac, FL
- Airport: New Smyrna Beach Municipal Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Collision: Midair collision, first aircraft
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 29.0200° N, 80.9206° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.0200&lon=-80.9206&mi=10
- Aircraft: N757NP, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N757NP-2014-11-18) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 152 (registry code 2071835, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-152) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-235 series (registry code 41505, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-235-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 152
- Reported engine: LYC O235L2C
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 5,350 total, 1,000 in this make and model, 60 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ATL96LA070](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL96LA070) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19960328005481A

## Narrative

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

TAXIED INTO POSITION FOR TAKEOFF. 13LD WAS LANDING AND COLLIDED WITH AIRCRAFT. (.19) ON MARCH 28, 1996, AT 1105 EASTERN STANDARD TIME, AN O'CONNELL CHRISTEN EAGLE, N13LD, COLLIDED WITH A CESSNA 152, N757NP, ON RUNWAY 20 AT THE NEW SMYRNA BEACH MUNICIPAL AIRPORT IN NEW SMYRNA, FLORIDA. THE CHRISTEN EAGLE, AND THE CESSNA 152 INSTRUCTIONAL FLIGHT, WERE OPERATED UNDER THE PROVISIONS OF 14 CFR PART 91 WITH NO FLIGHT PLANS FILED. VISUAL WEATHER CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT. BOTH AIRPLANES SUSTAINED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE, AND THE OCCUPANTS OF BOTH AIRPLANES WERE NOT INJURED. THE CHRISTEN EAGLE DEPARTED DAYTONA BEACH, FLORIDA, AT 1045. ACCORDING TO A WITNESS, THE CHRISTEN EAGLE RADIOED IT'S POSITION IN THE TRAFFIC PATTERN AND IT'S LANDING INTENTIONS ON RUNWAY 20; NO RADIO CALLS WERE RECEIVED FROM THE CESSNA 152 WHICH WAS HOLDING SHORT OF RUNWAY 20 FOR TAKEOFF. AS THE CHRISTEN EAGLE STARTED IT'S LANDING FLARE, THE CESSNA 152 TAXIED ONTO THE RUNWAY. THE CERTIFIED FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR ON THE CESSNA 152 STATED THAT THEY SEARCHED FOR AIR TRAFFIC PRIOR TO TAXIING ONTO THE RUNWAY.  DURING THE SUBSEQUENT LANDING ROLL, THE CHRISTEN EAGLE COLLIDED WITH THE AFT SIDE OF THE CESSNA 152 L EFT WING ASSEMBLY. (.4) ACCORDING TO THE PILOT OF THE CHRISTEN EAGLE, N13LD, HE WAS IN A NORMAL TRAFFIC PATTERN FOR RUNWAY 20, AND HAD MADE THE APPROPRIATE RADIO CALLS FOR HIS POSITION IN THE TRAFFIC PATTERN. DURING THE TOUCHDOWN AND SUBSEQUENT ROLLOUT, THE CESSNA 152, N757NP, TAXIED ONTO THE RUNWAY IN FRONT OF THE LANDING CHRISTEN EAGLE. THE CHRISTEN EAGLE COLLIDED WITH THE AFT SIDE OF THE CESSNA 152 LEFT WING ASSEMBLY. THE PILOT OF THE CESSNA 152 STATED THAT THEY SEARCHED FOR TRAFFIC BEFORE TAXIING ONTO THE RUNWAY, BUT SAW NONE.

## Other aircraft in the event

- N13LD, Amtr EAGLE2: [Accident 19960328005482A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19960328005482A)

## 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 ATL96LA070](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL96LA070), Mar 28, 1996: Cessna 152 (N757NP), New Smyrna Bch, FL, substantial damage. Probable cause: the failure of the pilots of the Cessna 152, N757NP, to see and avoid the Christen Eagle, N13LD.

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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