# Accident 20050309009679A: Cessna 172N, Frederick, MD, March 9, 2005

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 9, 2005, 19:15 local time
- Place: Frederick, MD
- Airport: Frederick Municipal Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 39.4175° N, 77.3742° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.4175&lon=-77.3742&mi=10
- Aircraft: N711DA, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N711DA-2023-11-27) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172N (registry code 2072434, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172n) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-360-A1D (registry code 41504, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-360-a1d) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172N
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 193 total, 193 in this make and model, 50 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB IAD05LA043](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/IAD05LA043) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20050309009679A

## Narrative

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

(-23) DURING TAXI OPERATIONS TWO CE-172'S STRUCK EACH OTHER WHILE TAXIING TO RUNWAY 30 AT FREDERICK AIRPORT, FREDERICK, MD. THE TWO AIRCRAFT COLLIDED AT THE INTERSECTION OF TAXIWAY A (ALPHA) AND D (DELTA). THE TWO AIRCRAFT WERE APPROACHING THE INTERSECTION AT 90 DEGREE ANGLES. THE PILOT OF N711DA, ^PRIVACY DA^ STATED THAT HE SAW THE OTHER AIRPLANE APPROACHING THE INTERSECTION VERY SLOWLY, SO HE MADE A BLIND RADIO CALL IN HOPES TO ALERT THE OTHER PLANE THAT HE WAS TAXIING TO RUNWAY 30. THE PILOT OF N3513F, ^PRIVACY DATA OMIT^ STATED THAT HE HEARD THE RADIO TRANSMISSION BUT WAS ALREADY STARTING TO TURN ONTO TAXIWAY DELTA PROCEEDING TO THE APPROACH END OF RUNWAY 30 AND DID NOT SEE THE OTHER AIRCRAFT. CONDITIONS WERE VMC, AND IT WAS DARK. N711DA SUSTAINED DAMAGE TO THE RIGHT WING, TO INCLUDE THE WINGTIP AND SPAR NEAR THE WING STRUT ATTACH POINT. N3513F SUSTAINED DAMAGE TO THE PROP AND THE PITOT TUBE.

## 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 IAD05LA043](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/IAD05LA043), Mar 10, 2005: Cessna 172N (N711DA), Frederick, MD, substantial damage. Probable cause: The inadequate visual lookout of the pilots in each airplane, which resulted in a ground collision.

## Other reports on N711DA (1)

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

- [Accident 20220419005599A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20220419005599A), Apr 19, 2022: Cessna 172N (N711DA), Englewood, CO, Substantial damage. Aircraft departed runway 28 and impacted a ditch. There were no injuries. Upon arrival aircraft was facing north with the right wing and RH horizontal stab…

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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