# Accident 20160203007372A: Cessna 172S, El Cajon, CA, February 3, 2016

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 3, 2016, 11:30 local time
- Place: El Cajon, CA
- Airport: Gillespie
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Collision: Collision on the ground
- Phase of flight: Ground/Ramp/Ma
- Operating rules: Pilot school (Part 141)
- Operator: 9CFS
- Location: 32.8219° N, 116.9700° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.8219&lon=-116.9700&mi=10
- Aircraft: N499DR, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N499DR) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172S (registry code 2072439, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172s) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming IO-360-L2A (registry code 41597, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-io-360-l2a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172S
- Reported engine: LYCOMING IO-360-L2A
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, flight instructor, private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 800 total, 400 in this make and model, 200 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB WPR16LA063](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR16LA063) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20160203007372A

## Narrative

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

THE CFI AND THE STUDENT PILOT DID A PREFLIGHT INSPECTION AND THEN PULLED THE AIRCRAFT FORWARD FROM ITS PARKING SPOT TO THE NORTH RAMP WITH THE NOSE POINTING EAST.  THEY STARTED THE AIRCRAFT ENGINE AND WERE LISTENING TO THE ATIS WITH THE RPM SET AT 800 TO 1000.  THE AIRCRAFT STARTED TO MOVE WITH A RIGHT TURNING TENDENCY.  THE MOVEMENT WAS NOT NOTICED UNTIL IT WAS TOO LATE AND THE AIRCRAFT STRUCK ANOTHER CESSNA 172 PARKED ON THE RAMP.

## Other aircraft in the event

- N1955L, Cessna 172S: [Accident 20160203007362A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20160203007362A)

## 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 WPR16LA063](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR16LA063), Feb 3, 2016: Cessna 172S (N499DR), San Diego, CA, minor damage. Probable cause: The failure of the flight instructor of the other airplane to maintain awareness while parked on the ramp with the engine operating, which resulted in impact with the parked airplane.

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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