# Accident 20000328007909A: Cessna 172P, St Petersburg, FL, March 28, 2000

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 28, 2000, 20:15 local time
- Place: St Petersburg, FL
- Airport: Albert Whitted Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 27.7698° N, 82.6305° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=27.7698&lon=-82.6305&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9400L, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N9400L) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172P (registry code 2072436, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172p) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172P
- Reported engine: LYC O320D2J
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 102 total, 24 in this make and model, 6 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MIA00LA124](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA00LA124) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000328007909A

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON MARCH 28, 2000, AT 2015 LOCAL TIME, A CESSNA 172P, N94001, REGISTERED TO BAY AIR FLYING SERVICE, INC. LEFT WING STRUCK A HANGER DOOR WHILE TAXIING AT ALBERT WHITTED AIRPORT (SPG) ST. PETERSBURG, FL., AFTER A PERSONAL FLIGHT. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME. THE A/C LEFT WING WAS SUBSTANTIALLY DAMAGED. THERE WERE NO INJURIES TO THE PILOT NOR PASSENGER. THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED AT ALBERT WHITTED AIRPORT (SPG), ST. PETERSBURG, FLORIDA, AT 1930 LOCAL TIME. (.4)ON MARCH 28, 2000, ABOUT 2015 EASTERN STANDARD TIME, A CESSNA 172P, N9400L, REGISTERED TO BAY AIR FLYING SERVICE, INC., COLLIDED WITH A HANGAR WHILE TAXIING FROM LANDING AT THE ALBERT WHITTED MUNICIPAL AIRPORT, ST. PETERSBURG, FLORIDA. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME AND NO FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED FOR THE 14 CFR PART 91 PERSONAL FLIGHT. THE AIRPLANE WAS SUBSTANTIALLY DAMAGED AND THE PRIVATE-RATED PILOT AND ONE PASSENGER WERE NOT INJURED. THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED FROM THE ALBERT WHITTED AIRPORT, ST. PETERSBURG, FLORIDA, APPROXIMATELY 36 MINUTES EARLIER. THE PILOT STATED THAT AFTER TAKEOFF HE FLEW TO THE CLEARWATER AIRPORT WHERE HE PERFORMED ONE F                                       ULL-STOP LANDING AND TAXIED BACK THEN DEPARTED TO RETURN TO THE ST. PETERSBURG AIRPORT WHERE HE PERFORMED ONE TOUCH-AND-GO LANDING FOLLOWED BY A FULL-STOP LANDING. WHILE TAXIING ON A RAMP FOLLOWING LANDING, HE MANEUVERED THE AIRPLANE TO AVOID A PARKED MULTIENGINE AIRPLANE THAT WAS OFF THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE AIRPLANE. WHILE LOOKING OUT THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE AIRPLANE, THE LEFT WING COLLIDED WITH A HANGAR DOOR.

## 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 MIA00LA124](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA00LA124), Mar 29, 2000: Cessna 172P (N9400L), St. Petersburg, FL, substantial damage. Probable cause: The failure of the pilot to maintain clearance between the left wingtip and a hangar door resulting in the on-ground collision.

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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