# Accident 20000309011059A: Cessna 172K, Sarasota-Braden, FL, March 9, 2000

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 9, 2000, 10:37 local time
- Place: Sarasota-Braden, FL
- Airport: Sarasota-Bradenton International Airport
- Damage: No damage
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 27.3995° N, 82.5294° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=27.3995&lon=-82.5294&mi=10
- Aircraft: N79960, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N79960-2000-08-16) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172K (registry code 2072430, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172k) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172K
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 2
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MIA00FA103](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA00FA103) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000309011059A

## Narrative

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

(-23) N89827 WAS CLEARED TO TAXI FROM DOLPHIN AVIATION TO RUNWAY END OF 14 VIA TAXIWAY "A". N79960 WAS CLEARED TO TAXI FROM JONES AVIATION TO RUNWAY 14. ATCT GROUND POSITION FAILED TO NOTE ON THE CLEARANCE STRIP THAT N79960 WAS CLEARED TO RUNWAY 14 VIA TAXIWAY "F". ATCT LOCAL CONTROLLER CLEARED N89827 FOR TAKEOFF RUNWAY 14 AND SHORTLY AFTERWARD CLEARED N79960 TO TAXI INTO POSITION AND HOLD ON RU WAY 14. THE LOCAL CONTROLLER FAILED TO NOTICE N79960 WAS ENTERING THE ACTIVE RUNWY AT A POINT ABOUT 1,000 FEET SHORT OF THE END OF THE RUNWAY 14 AND FROM THE OPPOSITE SIDE OF THE RUNWAY AT INTERSECTION "F". THE TWO A/C COLLIDED APPROX. 1,360 FEET FROM THE THRESHOLD END OF RUNWAY 14.

## 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 MIA00FA103](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA00FA103), Mar 9, 2000: Cessna 172K (N79960), Sarasota, FL, destroyed, 4 fatal. Probable cause: The failure of the supervisor/ground controller and the local controller to provide effective separation between the accident airplanes on the runway, resulting in a collision during takeoff.…

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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