# Accident 20220318021792A: Cessna 208B, Dfw, TX, March 18, 2022

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 18, 2022, 20:54 local time
- Place: Dfw, TX
- Airport: Dfw
- Damage: Minor damage
- Collision: Collision on the ground
- Phase of flight: Ground/Ramp/Ma
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: MT9A
- Location: 32.8833° N, 97.0476° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.8833&lon=-97.0476&mi=10
- Aircraft: N78SA, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N78SA) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 208B (registry code 2073701, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-208b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney PT6A series (registry code 52032, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-pt6a-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 208B
- Reported engine: P&W PT6A SER
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 1,271 total, 63 in this make and model, 63 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN22LA149](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN22LA149) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20220318021792A

## Narrative

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

ON 3/18/2022 AT APPROXIMATELY 2054HRS A CE-208 CARAVAN, REGISTRATION #^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^  LANDED AT DFW AIRPORT. DURING TAXI BACK TO HIS PARKING SPOT, THE PILOT, STATES THAT HE RECEIVED CLEARANCE TO PROCEED TO THE  RAMP AND PROCEEDED THROUGH THE C2 ENTRANCE OF THE RAMP BEHIND AIRCRAFT ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^,  REAR PILOT STATES THAT THE AIRCRAFT IN FRONT OF HIM SUDDENLY STOPPED AND THE 2 AIRCRAFT COLLIDED. THE PROPELLER OF AIRCRAFT N78SA CAUSED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE TO THE TAIL OF AIRCRAFT N9469B WHILE N78SA RECEIVED MINOR DAMAGE TO THE PROPELLER.

## Other aircraft in the event

- N9469B, Cessna 208B: [Accident 20220318003861A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20220318003861A)

## 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 CEN22LA149](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN22LA149), Mar 18, 2022: Cessna 208B (N78SA), Grapevine, TX, substantial damage. Probable cause: The failure of the pilot of the second aircraft to maintain a safe distance from the lead airplane while taxiing, which resulted in a ground collision.

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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