# Accident 20180603007022A: Great Lakes 2T-1A-2, San Diego, CA, June 3, 2018

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 3, 2018, 14:07 local time
- Place: San Diego, CA
- Damage: Minor damage
- Collision: Collision on the ground
- Phase of flight: Run-Up Area
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Operator: SD9J
- Location: 32.8122° N, 117.1314° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.8122&lon=-117.1314&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5762B, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N5762B) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Great Lakes 2T-1A-2 (registry code 3910101, https://openairdocs.org/model/great-lakes-2t-1a-2) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming AEIO-360 series (registry code 41522, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-aeio-360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: GREAT LAKES 2T-1A-2
- Reported engine: LYCOMING AEIO-360 SER
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 4,471 total, 76 in this make and model, 12 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB GAA18CA319](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA18CA319) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20180603007022A

## Narrative

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

N5762B WAS THE SECOND AIRCRAFT IN A FLIGHT OF THREE BIPLANES. THE FLIGHT WAS PARKED IN THE RUN-UP AREA ADJACENT TO THE TAXIWAY AT RUNWAY 28R, AWAITING TAKEOFF CLEARANCE FROM MONTGOMERY TOWER (MYF). CESSNA N786SA HAD TAXIED UP TO THE HOLD LINE, REMAINING ON THE TAXIWAY. THE POSITION OF N786SA WAS DIRECTLY IN FRONT OF N5762B. THE PIC OF N5762B DID NOT SEE THE CESSNA TAXI IN FRONT OF HIS AIRCRAFT. WHEN THE FLIGHT RECEIVED TAKEOFF CLEARANCE, THE PIC BEGAN TAXIING TO THE RUNWAY AND STRUCK THE RIGHT WING OF THE CESSNA WITH THE LEFT WING OF THE BIPLANE. THE CESSNA AILERON RECEIVED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE. THE BIPLANE RECEIVED MINOR DAMAGE.

## Other aircraft in the event

- N786SA, Cessna 172S: [Accident 20180603015242A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20180603015242A)

## 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 GAA18CA319](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA18CA319), Jun 3, 2018: Great Lakes 2T1A (N5762B), San Diego, CA, no damage. Probable cause: The biplane pilot’s failure to see and avoid the stopped airplane.

## Other reports on N5762B (1)

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

- [Incident 20260713008959I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20260713008959I), Jul 13, 2026: Great Lakes 2T-1A-2 (N5762B), San Diego, CA, Minor damage. On 07/13/2026 after landing at kmyf, [privacy data omitted], Great Lakes 2T-1A-2, the second aircraft on a flight of 2, while taxing back to parking in…

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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