# Accident 20220108000382A: Cessna 150G, Knoxville, TN, January 8, 2022

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 8, 2022, 17:00 local time
- Place: Knoxville, TN
- Airport: Downtown Island Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Collision: Collision on the ground
- Phase of flight: Taxi
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 35.9638° N, 83.8737° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.9638&lon=-83.8737&mi=10
- Aircraft: N1308U, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N1308U) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 150G (registry code 2071816, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-150g) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental 0-200 series (registry code 17020, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-0-200-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 150G
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR 0-200 SERIES
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 2,106 total, 24 in this make and model, 42 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ERA22LA103](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA22LA103) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20220108000382A

## Narrative

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

ON JANUARY 08, 2022 AT APPROXIMATELY 1700 HOURS A CESSNA 150 (N1308U)COLLIDED WITH A CESSNA 172 (N19710). THE AIRCRAFT WERE TAXIING TO RUNWAY 8 AT THE DOWNTOWN ISLAND AIRPORT (DKX) LOCATED IN KNOXVILLE TENNESSEE.  THE CESSNA 150 PILOTS, ONE WAS A CFI THE OTHER WAS A STUDENT PILOT^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ BUT WAS A PASSENGER FOR THIS PARTICULAR LEG. THE CESSNA 150 WAS PARKED IN A TRANSIT SPOT WHICH FACES THE TAXIWAY,  AND ABOUT 20 YARDS AWAY.  IN THEIR STATEMENTS THEY STATED THEY NEVER SAW THE OTHER AIRCRAFT.  THEY ALSO STATED THEY HAD TO LOOK OVER A PIPER ARROW PARKED NEXT TO THEIR AIRCRAFT.  THE CESSNA 172 HAD ENTERED THE TAXIWAY APPROXIMATELY 500 FEET BEFORE THE COLLISION POINT.  A TOTAL OF FOUR SOULS WERE INVOLVED, TWO IN EACH AIRCRAFT. NO INJURIES REPORTED.

THE CESSNA 150 PILOT STATED THE SUN WAS LOW ON THE HORIZON AND GLARING.  THE CESSNA 150 SHOULD HAVE BEEN ENTERING THE TAXI FROM THE EAST AND THE SUN WOULD BE ON HIS LEFT.  THE CESSNA 172 PILOT WAS CLOSER TO FACING THE SETTING SUN.  IN THEIR STATEMENTS THEY MENTIONED THE GLARE AND SEVERAL WITNESS STATEMENTS MENTION THE SUN'S GLARE.

## Other aircraft in the event

- N19710, Cessna 172L: [Accident 20220108000372A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20220108000372A)

## 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 ERA22LA103](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA22LA103), Jan 8, 2022: Cessna 150G (N1308U), Knoxville, TN, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot of the Cessna 150’s failure to avoid the taxiing Cessna 172.

## Other reports on N1308U (1)

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

- [Incident 20250823014399I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20250823014399I), Aug 23, 2025: Cessna 150G (N1308U), New Market, TN, No damage. Cessna 150G was in cruise flight when they experienced power loss and sputtering. PIC declared minimum fuel with knoxville (ktys) approach. Aircraft then lost…

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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