# Accident 20240120000399A: Textron Aviation Inc 172S, New Smyrna Beac, FL, January 20, 2024

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 20, 2024, 15:43 local time
- Place: New Smyrna Beac, FL
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Taxi
- Operating rules: Pilot school (Part 141)
- Operator: EPXS
- Location: 29.0491° N, 80.9481° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.0491&lon=-80.9481&mi=10
- Aircraft: N321EP, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N321EP) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Textron 172S (registry code 2072449, https://openairdocs.org/model/textron-172s) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming IO-360-L2A (registry code 41597, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-io-360-l2a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: TEXTRON AVIATION INC 172S
- Reported engine: LYCOMING IO-360-L2A
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, flight instructor, private pilot, student
- Pilot flight hours: 701 total, 475 in this make and model, 179 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ERA24LA092](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA24LA092) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20240120000399A

## Narrative

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

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).

## 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 ERA24LA092](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA24LA092), Jan 20, 2024: Textron 172 (N321EP), New Smyrna Beach, FL, substantial damage. Probable cause: A failure of the right brake during taxi, which resulted in a taxiway excursion and collision with a tree.

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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