# Accident 20190523005079A: Cessna 172N, Nogales, AZ, May 23, 2019

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 23, 2019, 16:35 local time
- Place: Nogales, AZ
- Airport: Nogales International
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Taxi
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 31.4178° N, 110.8478° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=31.4178&lon=-110.8478&mi=10
- Aircraft: N273EB, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N273EB) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172N (registry code 2072434, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172n) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172N
- Reported engine: LYCOMING 0-320 SERIES
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 346 total, 270 in this make and model, 53 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB GAA19CA312](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA19CA312) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20190523005079A

## Narrative

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

^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ EXPLAINED THE EVENT THAT TOOK PLACE. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ ADDED THAT ONCE THE AIRPLANE HAD ENTERED THE FBO RAMP FROM THE NORTH, THE AIRPLANE WAS STOPPED BRIEFLY TO DETERMINE WHICH PARKING SPOT SHOULD BE USED. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ STATED THAT HE HAD TOLD THE STUDENT TO REMAIN ON THE CENTERLINE THROUGHOUT THE TAXI PHASE OF THE FLIGHT.

^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ WENT ON TO SAY THAT THE STUDENT SELECTED 1000-1200 RPMS TO GET THE AIRPLANE MOVING AGAIN AND THAT THE RAMP HAD A DOWN SLOPE FROM WHERE THEY WERE (FACING SOUTH ON THE RAMP). ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ WAS LOOKING TO THE RIGHT OF THE AIRPLANE TO CLEAR THE AREA AND STATED THAT HE HAD NOT NOTICED WHILE LOOKING RIGHT THAT THE STUDENT HAD MADE A 45 DEGREE LEFT TURN TOWARDS A PARKING SPOT AND A PARKED FUEL TRUCK. HE SAID THAT THERE WAS SOME SUNLIGHT THAT LIMITED HIS FIELD OF VISION.

^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ THEN SAID THAT WHEN HE LOOKED FORWARD AGAIN (THIS HAPPENED OVER JUST A FEW SECONDS), HE NOTICED THE AIRPLANE HEADING CLOSE TO THE PARKED FUEL TRUCK, THAT HE TOOK OVER THE CONTROLS AND STARTED APPLYING THE BRAKES BUT THAT IT WAS TOO LATE. THE LEFT WING OF THE CESSNA STRUCK THE BACK, DRIVER SIDE CORNER OF THE PARKED FUEL TRUCK.

^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ STATED THAT HE SHUT THE ENGINE OFF AND THAT HIM AND HIS STUDENT EXITED THE AIRPLANE. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ PUSHED THE AIRPLANE BACK AWAY FROM THE FUEL TRUCK AS HE WAS CONCERNED ABOUT A FIRE HAZARD. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ SAID THAT THE AIRPORT MANAGER AND THE SHERIFF CAME TO MEET THEM AT THE AIRPLANE. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ EXPLAINED THE DETAILS OF THE EVENT WHILE USING GOOGLE MAPS ON HIS PHONE AND POINTING AT THE VARIOUS AREAS OF THE FBO RAMP.

^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ STATED THAT HE THOUGHT THE STUDENT WAS PROFICIENT AT TAXIING AND FAMILIAR WITH THIS AIRPORT AS THEY HAD BEEN HERE BEFORE. HE TOLD THE INSPECTOR THAT HE DID NOT EXPECT OR ANTICIPATE THAT SUCH EVENT COULD HAPPEN AND THAT HE HAD NOT IMMEDIATELY REALIZED THAT 45 DEGREE TURN THE STUDENT HAD TAKEN TOWARDS THE PARKED FUEL TRUCK.  DISCUSSED.

## 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 GAA19CA312](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA19CA312), May 23, 2019: Cessna 172 (N273EB), Nogalas, AZ, substantial damage. Probable cause: The student pilot's failure to maintain adequate clearance from a parked fuel truck. Contributing to the accident were the student’s failure to follow company policy and the flight instructor’s…

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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