# Accident 20181123023801A: Cessna C172, Myrtle Beach, SC, November 23, 2018

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 23, 2018, 11:28 local time
- Place: Myrtle Beach, SC
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Collision: Collision on the ground
- Phase of flight: Taxi
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.8117° N, 78.7239° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.8117&lon=-78.7239&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7081Q, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N7081Q-2021-12-04) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172L (registry code 2072432, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172l) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA C172
- Reported engine: LYCOMING 0-320 SERIES
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 2,988 total, 800 in this make and model, 7 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ERA19LA055](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA19LA055) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20181123023801A

## Narrative

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

NORTH MYRTLE BEACH, SC (CRE): N7081Q, C172, AFTER LANDING AND TAXIING TO THE NORTH RAMP, THE AIRCRAFT BRAKES FAILED CAUSING IT TO COLLIDE WITH N984BC, BE58, WHICH WAS PARKED AND HAD NO ONE ON BOARD.  THIS RESULTED IN DAMAGE TO BOTH AIRCRAFT. DAMAGE TO BOTH PLANES IS EXTENSIVE.  ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ WAS TAXIING AIRCRAFT N7081Q, CESSNA 172L, AFTER LANDING AT CRE (GRAND STRAND, MYRTLE BEACH, SC). HE HAS STATED THAT WHILE BEHIND THE "FOLLOW ME" VAN, HE ATTEMPTED TO MAKE A RIGHT TURN WHEN A GUST OF WIND PUSHED HIS TAIL RIGHT AND THE NOSE LEFT. HE APPLIED RIGHT BRAKE TO COMPENSATE, TO NO AVAIL, DUE TO RIGHT BRAKE FAILURE. THE AIRCRAFT MADE A LEFT TURN INTO A PARKED BEECH B58, BARON, N984BC, WHICH WAS TIED DOWN. BEFORE THE CESSNA COULD COME TO A FULL STOP, THE PROP ON THE AIRCRAFT CHOPPED THROUGH THE LEFT WING ON THE BARON, CAUSING SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE. THE PROP BLADES ON THE LEFT ENGINE OF THE BARON TORE A HOLE IN THE BOTTOM LEFT WING OF THE CESSNA BEFORE SUBSTANTIALLY DAMAGING THE LEFT WING AILERON OF THE 172. THE LEFT WING OF THE 172 CAME TO REST ON TOP OF THE BARON'S FUSELAGE AND THE TOP ENGINE COWL OF THE 172 LODGED UNDER THE LEFT WING OF THE BARON. THE ENGINES ON BOTH AIRCRAFT SUBSTAINED PROP STRIKES.

## 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 ERA19LA055](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA19LA055), Nov 23, 2018: Cessna 172 (N7081Q), North Myrtle Beach, SC, substantial damage. Probable cause: The failure of the right brake while taxiing after landing, which resulted in a loss of directional control and collision with a 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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