# Incident 20250210004192I: Cessna 650, Sanford, FL, February 10, 2025

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 10, 2025, 09:30 local time
- Place: Sanford, FL
- Airport: Orlando Sanford International
- Damage: Minor damage
- Collision: Collision on the ground
- Phase of flight: Taxi
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 28.7772° N, 81.2349° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at ORLANDO SANFORD INTL (SFB), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=28.7772&lon=-81.2349&mi=10
- Aircraft: N711LT, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N711LT) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 650 (registry code 2076802, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-650) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Honeywell TFE-731-SER series (registry code 33902, https://openairdocs.org/engine/honeywell-tfe-731-ser-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 650
- Reported engine: HONEYWELL TFE-731-SER
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport, flight instructor
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20250210004192I

## Narrative

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

AIRCRAFT LANDED AT KSFB AND REQUESTED TAXI TO MAINTENANCE HANGAR. GROUND ISSUED INSTRUCTIONS AND AIRCRAFT TURNED ON WRONG RAMP ENTRANCE. AIRCRAFT ENDED UP ON RAMP FOR FLIGHT SCHOOL, INSTEAD OF STOPPING AND ASKING FOR ASSISTANCE, THE PIC OPTED TO CONTINUE TAXIING IN DENSELY PACKED AREA WITH NO WING WALKERS. STUDENT & INSTRUCTOR ON RAMP ADVISED DISPATCH AIRCRAFT HAD STRUCK THE SPINNER OF THEIR AIRCRAFT WHILE THEY WERE CONDUCTING A PREFLIGHT INSPECTION. THE AIRCRAFT CONTINUED TAXIING AND ADVISED GROUND THEY WERE ON THE WRONG RAMP, REQUESTED INSTRUCTIONS TO CORRECT LOCATION. FAA POI WAS AT FLIGHT SCHOOL FOR ERC MEETING AND WAS CONTACTED TO INSPECT FLIGHT SCHOOL AIRCRAFT AND GATHER INFORMATION FROM PIC OF AIRCRAFT. PIC OF AIRCRAFT ADVISED HE SAW PEOPLE PREFLIGHTING AIRCRAFT AND COULD NOT SEE HIS WINGTIPS, HE THOUGHT THEY WOULD TELL HIM IF HE WAS CLEAR. PIC ACKNOWLEDGED HE SHOULD HAVE STOPPED AND ASKED FOR ASSISTANCE ONCE HE KNEW HE WAS AT THE WRONG LOCATION. PIC STATED HE DID HAVE A CURRENT AIRPORT DIAGRAM AVAILABLE.

DAMAGE TO AIRCRAFT CONSISTED OF BROKEN WINGTIP LIGHT COVER, FLIGHT SCHOOL AIRCRAFT HAD MINOR SCRATCHES ON SPINNER BUT MAINTENANCE INSPECTED AND FOUND NO FURTHER ISSUES.

## Other aircraft in the event

- N696LH, Piper PA-28-181: no report for this aircraft; [N696LH](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N696LH) is registered now

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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