# Accident 20030104007011A: Namer AT6A, Melbourne, FL, January 4, 2003

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 4, 2003, 14:25 local time
- Place: Melbourne, FL
- Airport: Melbourne Regional
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Collision: Midair collision, first aircraft
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 28.1028° N, 80.6458° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=28.1028&lon=-80.6458&mi=10
- Aircraft: N57318 (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: NAMER AT6A
- Reported engine: PWA R1340*
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,700 total, 1,200 in this make and model, 15 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MIA03LA038](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA03LA038) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20030104007011A

## Narrative

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

(-23) N57318, NORTH AMERICAN AT-6A, ON JANUARY 4, 2003, ABOUT 1425 PM, COLLIDED ON TAXIWAY Q WITH A CESSNA 172P, N522F WHILE THE CESSNA WAS STANDING STILL, WORKING HIS AFTER LANDING CHECK LIST. THE TAIL SECTION WAS DAMAGED BEYOND REPAIR THEREFORE IT IS SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE TO THE CESSNA 172P, N522F. WHILE THE AT-6, N57318, WAS DAMAGED ON THE RIGHT LEADING EDGE OF HIS RIGHT WING NOT BELIEVED TO BE SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE. DAMAGE IS SUSTAINED AS SKIN DAMAGE ON THE LEADING EDGE NO DAMAGE TO ANY OF THE OTHER MAJOR PORTIONS OF THE WING. BOTH AIRCRAFT WERE RETURNING TO THE RAMP ON TAXIWAY Q, AT THE MELBOURNE AIRPORT (KMLB) WHEN THE AT-6A TAXIED INTO THE STILL CESSNA, 172P, N522F WITH VISUAL CONDITIONS. IN THE AT-6A, THERE WERE ONLY THE PILOT, MR. RANDAL STEPHENS DIFANI, COMMERCIAL PILOT, 001846399. IN THE CESSNA 172P, THERE WERE THE PILOT, MR. RICHARD GLENN IRIGOYEN, PRIVATE PILOT, 211682804, WITH ONE PASSENGER, HIS FATHER ON BOARD.

## 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 MIA03LA038](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA03LA038), Jan 4, 2003: North American AT-6A (N57318), Melbourne, FL, minor damage. Probable cause: The failure of the pilot of the North American AT6A, N57318 to maintain a proper visual lookout while taxiing, which resulted in him impacting the rear of the Cessna 172K, N522F.

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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