# Accident 20110924021922A: Boeing E75, Houston, TX, September 24, 2011

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 24, 2011, 13:30 local time
- Place: Houston, TX
- Airport: Ellington
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Collision: Collision on the ground
- Phase of flight: Taxi
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 29.6044° N, 95.1553° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.6044&lon=-95.1553&mi=10
- Aircraft: N54087, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N54087) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Boeing E75 (registry code 1380120, https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-e75) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental W670 series (registry code 17018, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-w670-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BOEING E75
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR W670 SERIES
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 32,000 total, 1,200 in this make and model, 98 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN11CA664](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN11CA664) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20110924021922A

## Narrative

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

ON SEPTEMBER 24, 2011 @ 13:30, THE PILOT OF A STEARMAN, N54087, REGISTERED TO HISTORY FLIGHT, INC. LANDED AND CLEARED RUNWAY 22 ONTO DELTA TAXIWAY.  HE STATED HE SAW A CESSNA 172R LAND ON RUNWAY 35L (17R) AND TURN OFF ON DELTA TAXIWAY.  HE CONTINUED ON DELTA  TAXIWAY,  AFTER BEING CLEARED TO CROSS RUNWAY 35L HE STEERED STRAIGHT AHEAD ACROSS THE RUNWAY.  AFTER CROSSING HE LOOKED DOWN AT HIS RADIOS MOMENTARILY INSTEAD OF ZIG ZAGGING TO KEEP A VISUAL.  THE STEARMAN HIT THE AFT END OF A CESSNA 172R, N72566, REGISTERED TO RHM HOLDINGS, LLC, OPERATED BY FLYING TIGERS (DBA) A 14 CFR PART 141 FLIGHT SCHOOL.  THE CESSNA HAD STOPPED IN THE MIDDLE OF THE TAXIWAY.  THERE WERE TWO INDIVIDUALS IN THE STEARMAN AND TWO IN THE CESSNA.  NO INJURIES BUT BOTH AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED SUBSTANTIONAL DAMAGE.  BOTH FLIGHTS WERE LOCAL.

## Other aircraft in the event

- N72566, Cessna 172R: [Accident 20110924021932A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20110924021932A)

## 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 CEN11CA664](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN11CA664), Sep 24, 2011: Boeing E75 (N54087), Houston, TX, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot of the other airplane’s failure to maintain visual contact while taxiing.

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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