# Accident 19970611013792A: Socata TB9, Daytona Beach, FL, June 11, 1997

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 11, 1997, 10:53 local time
- Place: Daytona Beach, FL
- Airport: Daytona Beach Regional
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Collision: Midair collision, second aircraft
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 29.0507° N, 81.3100° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.0507&lon=-81.3100&mi=10
- Aircraft: N140ER, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N140ER) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Socata TB 9 TAMPICO (registry code 8680694, https://openairdocs.org/model/socata-tb-9-tampico) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: SOCATA TB9
- Reported engine: LYC O320D2A
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 779 total, 241 in this make and model, 114 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ATL97LA085](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL97LA085) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19970611013792A

## Narrative

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

AIRCRAFT WAS TAXIING FOR DEPARTURE, PROPELLER WAS STRUCK BY RIGHT WING OF OTHER PLANE, WHICH FAILED TO HOLD. (-23) ON JUNE 11, 1997, AT 10:53 EDT, MR. ALVARO E. DUMET, HOLDER OF COMMERCIAL/FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR CERTIFICATE NO. 595332009, OPERATING AN EMBRY-RIDDLE AERONAUTICAL UNIVERSIT TAMPICO, N140ER, WAS TAXIING TO THE ACTIVE RUNWAY FOR A DUAL FLIGHT ON TAXIWAY "N". ON ENTERING THE INTERSECTION OF TAXIWAY "W", A PA 28 (N7617F) DEPARTING THE ACTIVE RUNWAY AND COLLIDED WITH N140ER.  VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT. N140ER SUSTAINED MINOR DAMAGE AND NO INJURIES TO THE PILOTS.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        (.4) ACCORDING TO INFORMATION FROM THE FAA, N7617F, A PIPER PA-28, HAD LANDED AND WAS PROCEEDING NORTHBOUND TO THE RAMP VIA A NORTH-SOUTH TAXIWAY. N140ER, A SOCATA TB-9, WAS TAXIING WESTBOUND ON AN EAST-WEST TAXIWAY THAT WAS PARALLEL TO RUNWAY 7L AND LOCATED ON THE NORTH SIDE OF THAT RUNWAY. THE TAXIWAYS INTERSECTED ON THE NORTH SIDE OF RUNWAY 7L. THE GROUND CONTROLLER HAD CLEARED N7617F TO CROSS RUNWAY 7L, BUT INSTRUCTED THE PILOT (OF N7617F) TO 'GIVE WAY' (HOLD SHORT OF THE EAST-WEST TAXIWAY) FOR N140ER TO PASS IN FRONT OF HIM FROM RIGHT TO LEFT. ACCORDING TO TOWER PERSONNEL, N7617F FAILED TO COMPLY. SUBSEQUENTLY, THE TWO AIRPLANES CONVERGED, AND THE RIGHT WING OF N7617F AND THE PROPELLER OF N140ER COLLIDED. THE PILOT OF N7617F STATED THAT WHEN HE SAW THE OTHER AIRPLANE, HE APPLIED 'AS MUCH BRAKES AS HE COULD WITHOUT LOSING CONTROL OF THE AIRCRAFT.' THE PILOTS OF N140ER (A FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR AND STUDENT) HEARD THE GROUND CONTROLLER INSTRUCT N7617F TO GIVE WAY TO THEM. WHEN THEY REALIZED THE OTHER AIRPLANE WAS NOT GOING TO STOP, THE INSTRUCTOR APPLIED BRAKES AND TRIED TO TURN THE AIRPLANE TO AVOID A COLLISION.

## Other aircraft in the event

- N7617F, Piper PA28151: [Accident 19970611013791A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19970611013791A)

## 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 ATL97LA085](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL97LA085), Jun 11, 1997: Socata TB-9 (N140ER), Daytona Beach, FL, substantial damage. Probable cause: failure of the pilot of N7617F to comply with an ATC instruction to hold short of a taxiway, and failure of the pilots in both airplanes to see-and-avoid each other's airplane.

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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