# Accident 20240728021662A: Cessna 172N, Immokalee, FL, July 28, 2024

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 28, 2024, 09:45 local time
- Place: Immokalee, FL
- Airport: Immokalee
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Collision: Collision on the ground
- Phase of flight: Taxi
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 26.4219° N, 81.4033° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=26.4219&lon=-81.4033&mi=10
- Aircraft: N734BH, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N734BH) (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: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Student
- Pilot flight hours: 75 total, 75 in this make and model
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ERA24LA336](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA24LA336) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20240728021662A

## Narrative

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

ON 7/28/2024 AT IMMOKALEE AIRPORT CESSNA 172N WAS TAXING ON FBO RAMP (EAST) TO TAXIWAY C FOR RUNWAY AT THE SAME TIME A  PIPER PA-28-161 WHILE TAXING (SOUTH) ON FBO RAMP AREA TO TAXIWAY C, FOR RUNWAY  18/36.BOTH AIRCAFT WERE TAXIING ON AN UNCONTROLLED FIELD. BOTH AIRCRAFT DID NOT REMEMBER HEARING RADIO CALL OF EITHER TAXING AIRCRAFT. THE PILOT FROM THE CESSNA INDICATED HE ANNOUNCED ON THE CTAF FREQUENCY DECLARING THE INTENTION TO TAXI VIA C AND WILL FOLLOW ANOTHER PREVIOUS KNOWN AIRCRAFT, THIS COULD NOT BE SUBSTANTIATED. BOTH AIRCRAFT INTERSECTED EACH OTHER AT THE START OF THE TAXIWAY C AT THE

SAME TIME. NEITHER AIRCRAFT PROPERLY CLEARED THE TAXI AREA BY VISUAL MEANS AS NO VISUAL BLOCKAGE WAS NOTED IN THE WAY.

## Other aircraft in the event

- N8580E, Piper PA-28-161: [Accident 20240728014942A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20240728014942A)

## 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 ERA24LA336](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA24LA336), Jul 28, 2024: Cessna 172N (N734BH), Immokalee, FL, substantial damage. Probable cause: The student pilot’s (of the high wing airplane) inadequate visual lookout, which resulted in a ground collision with another airplane while taxiing.

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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