# Accident 20250205002139A: Cessna 172R, Fort Myers, FL, February 5, 2025

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 5, 2025, 08:45 local time
- Place: Fort Myers, FL
- Airport: Page Field
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Taxi
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 26.5817° N, 81.8636° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=26.5817&lon=-81.8636&mi=10
- Aircraft: N94JA, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N94JA) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172R (registry code 2072401, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172r) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming I0360 SER A&C (registry code 41511, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-i0360-ser-a-c) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172R
- Reported engine: LYCOMING I0360 SER A&C
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Student
- Pilot flight hours: 75 total, 62 in this make and model, 75 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ERA25LA117](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA25LA117) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20250205002139A

## Narrative

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

ON FEBRUARY 05, 2025 AT 0845 EDT, A CESSNA 172, ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^, COLLIDED WITH A PARKED TRUCK WHILE TAXIING AT PAGE FIELD, KFMY,  FORT MYERS, FLORIDA. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME AND NO VFR FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED. THE AIRCRAFT HAD MINOR DAMAGE AND THE PILOT SUSTAINED NO INJURIES. THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED AT FORT MYERS, FLORIDA, ON FEBRUARY 05, 2025.

## 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 ERA25LA117](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA25LA117), Feb 5, 2025: Cessna 172 (N94JA), Fort Myers, FL, substantial damage. Probable cause: The student pilot’s failure to maintain clearance from a truck while taxiing.

## Other reports on N94JA (1)

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

- [Accident 20051011024889A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20051011024889A), Oct 11, 2005: Cessna 172R (N94JA), Houston, TX, Substantial damage. (-23) On 10-11-2005 at approximately 0915 local time at David Wayne Hooks memorial airport in spring, Texas, the pilot [privacy data omitted] ^ was on his…

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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