# Accident 20120522008491A: Piper PA-28-161, Melbourne, FL, May 22, 2012

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 22, 2012, 21:29 local time
- Place: Melbourne, FL
- Airport: Melbourne International
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Collision: Collision on the ground
- Phase of flight: Other, Specify
- Operating rules: Pilot school (Part 141)
- Operator: ECQS
- Location: 28.1025° N, 80.6450° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=28.1025&lon=-80.6450&mi=10
- Aircraft: N47749 (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-28-161
- Reported engine: LYCOMING 0-320 SERIES
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 37 total, 27 in this make and model, 37 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ERA12LA355](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA12LA355) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20120522008491A

## Narrative

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

ON MAY 22, 2012 AT 2120, AIRCRAFT N47749 PILOTED BY ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^, THE HOLDER OF A PRIVATE PILOT CERTIFICATE ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^, WAS INVOLVED IN A GROUND ACCIDENT WHEN HE TAXIED TO APPROACH END OF RUNWAY 9R AND STRUCK N206FT LEFT STBILIZER. N47749 WAS THIRD IN LINE BEHIND N206FT, ON THE HOLD SHORT LINE OF RUNWAY 9R AWAITING DEPARTURE INSTRUCTIONS FROM MLB TOWER. PILOT ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ STATED WHILE ATTEMPTING TO ADJUST THE TACHOMETER THE AIRCRAFT ROLLED FORWARD AND STRUCK N206FT IN THE REAR SHREDDING THE LEFT HORIZONTAL STABILIZER AND ELEVATOR.

## 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 ERA12LA355](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA12LA355), May 23, 2012: Piper PA-28-161 (N47749), Melbourne, FL, minor damage. Probable cause: The failure of the pilot of another airplane to set the parking brake and to maintain a proper visual lookout, which resulted in an 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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