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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Cessna 172L · Daytona Beach, FL · February 13, 1997

Date
February 13, 1997 · 11:00 local
Place
Daytona Beach, FL
Airport
Daytona Beach Regional
Phase of flight
Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Collision
Midair collision, first aircraft
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N9810G
Reported as
Cessna 172L
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
327 total25 in this make and model48 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Narrative: two company aircraft were taxiing out in close proximity of each other. The front aircraft slowed down. The pilot in this aircraft looked over his shoulder for other traffic while crossing a taxiway. His left wing struck the aircraft in front of him causing minor damage to both aircraft.

As the FAA filed it

NARRATIVE: TWO COMPANY AIRCRAFT WERE TAXIING OUT IN CLOSE PROXIMITY OF EACH OTHER. THE FRONT AIRCRAFT SLOWED DOWN. THE PILOT IN THIS AIRCRAFT LOOKED OVER HIS SHOULDER FOR OTHER TRAFFIC WHILE CROSSING A TAXIWAY. HIS LEFT WING STRUCK THE AIRCRAFT IN FRONT OF HIM CAUSING MINOR DAMAGE TO BOTH AIRCRAFT.

Other reports on N9810G · 2

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.