# Accident 20250215002269A: Cessna 172G, Syracuse, NY, February 15, 2025

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 15, 2025, 08:30 local time
- Place: Syracuse, NY
- Airport: Syracuse Hancock International
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Ground/Ramp/Ma
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 43.0000° N, 76.0000° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=43.0000&lon=-76.0000&mi=10
- Aircraft: N1178F, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N1178F) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172G (registry code 2072420, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172g) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental 0-300 series (registry code 17022, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-0-300-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172G
- Reported engine: CONTINENTAL 0-300 SER
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 1,256 total, 700 in this make and model, 90 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ERA25LA121](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA25LA121) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20250215002269A

## Narrative

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

THE DRIVER OF AN AIRPORT OPERATIONS VEHICLE WAS OPERATING ON A SERVICE ROAD NEAR TAXIWAY N.  THE AIRCRAFT PILOT RECEIVED A TAXI CLEARANCE FROM ATC AND STARTED MOVING FORWARD TOWARD TAXIWAY N.  AS THE AIRCRAFT MOVED FORWARD, IT WAS STRUCK BY THE OPERATIONS VEHICLE APPROACHING FROM THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE AIRCRAFT.

## 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 ERA25LA121](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA25LA121), Feb 15, 2025: Cessna 172G (N1178F), Syracuse, NY, substantial damage. Probable cause: The truck driver’s to see and avoid the airplane, which resulted in a collision.

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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