20240120000399A

Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Textron 172S · New Smyrna Beac, FL · January 20, 2024

Date
January 20, 2024 · 15:43 local
Place
New Smyrna Beac, FL
Phase of flight
Taxi
Operating rules
Pilot school (Part 141)
Operator
EPXS
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N321EP
NTSB investigation
NTSBERA24LA092
Reported as
Textron 172S
Reported engine
Lycoming IO-360-L2A
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificates
Commercial pilot, flight instructor, private pilot, student
Pilot’s flight hours
701 total475 in this make and model179 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

This aircraft sustained substantial damage when the pilot lost control and veered off the taxiway while taxiing to runway 02 from new Smyrna airport(kevb). The flight instructor and student pilot were not injured. Aircraft was operating under part 141 as a training flight for epic flight academy (epxs).

As the FAA filed it

THIS AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE WHEN THE PILOT LOST CONTROL AND VEERED OFF THE TAXIWAY WHILE TAXIING TO RUNWAY 02 FROM NEW SMYRNA AIRPORT(KEVB). THE FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR AND STUDENT PILOT WERE NOT INJURED. AIRCRAFT WAS OPERATING UNDER PART 141 AS A TRAINING FLIGHT FOR EPIC FLIGHT ACADEMY (EPXS).

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.