# Taxiing

- Type: NTSB finding subsection
- Path: [Aircraft](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01) › [Aircraft handling/service](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/0101) › [Towing and taxiing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/010109) › Taxiing
- NTSB code: 01010920
- Cases: 27
- In the probable cause: 23
- Fatal cases: 0
- All cases: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01010920/cases.md
- Cases with it in the probable cause: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01010920/cases.md?cause=1
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01010920

## Cases per year (in the probable cause / all)

- 2008: 4 / 4
- 2009: 1 / 1
- 2010: 2 / 2
- 2011: 1 / 1
- 2012: 3 / 3
- 2013: 1 / 2
- 2015: 4 / 4
- 2016: 1 / 2
- 2022: 1 / 1
- 2023: 3 / 3
- 2024: 0 / 1
- 2025: 1 / 1
- 2026: 1 / 2

## Defining events in these cases

- [Ground collision](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/200): 18 cases
- [Loss of control on ground](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/230): 3 cases
- [Miscellaneous/other](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/900): 2 cases
- [Prop/jet/rotor blast/suction](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/082): 2 cases
- [Landing gear collapse](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/094): 1 cases
- [Airport occurrence](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/070): 1 cases

## Aircraft models (registry)

- [Textron 172S](https://openairdocs.org/model/textron-172s): 2 cases
- [Raytheon A36](https://openairdocs.org/model/raytheon-a36): 1 cases
- [Piper PA 46-350P](https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-46-350p): 1 cases
- [Piper PA-32-301](https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-32-301): 1 cases
- [Piper PA-28-236](https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-236): 1 cases
- [Piper PA-28-235](https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-235): 1 cases
- [North American/Aero Classics P-51D](https://openairdocs.org/model/north-american-aero-classics-p-51d): 1 cases
- [Mooney M20J](https://openairdocs.org/model/mooney-m20j): 1 cases
- [Mooney M20C](https://openairdocs.org/model/mooney-m20c): 1 cases
- [Gulfstream Aerospace G-IV](https://openairdocs.org/model/gulfstream-aerospace-g-iv): 1 cases

## Other findings in the same cases

- [Monitoring environment](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02021545) (Personnel issues): 8 cases
- [Decision making/judgment](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02041520) (Personnel issues): 7 cases
- [Incorrect action performance](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02041015) (Personnel issues): 6 cases
- [Pole](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/03022010) (Environmental issues): 4 cases
- [Aircraft](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/03022040) (Environmental issues): 2 cases
- [Aircraft control](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02063040) (Personnel issues): 2 cases
- [Use of equip/system](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02063015) (Personnel issues): 2 cases
- [Lack of action](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02041030) (Personnel issues): 2 cases
- [Monitoring other aircraft](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02021540) (Personnel issues): 2 cases
- [Visual function](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02011510) (Personnel issues): 2 cases

## Newest cases

- [NTSB CEN26LA216](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN26LA216), May 20, 2026: Cessna 182P (N86289), Northport, MI, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's decision to resume taxiing on a turf runway that was unable to adequately support the airplane's weight, which resulted in the nose landing gear sinking into the soft ground and the…
- [NTSB CEN26LA145](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN26LA145), Mar 24, 2026: Classic Waco YMF (N43000), Galveston, TX, substantial damage. Probable cause: The biplane pilot’s failure to maintain an adequate visual lookout while taxiing, which included the failure to perform S-turns to compensate for limited forward visibility.
- [NTSB WPR26LA009](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR26LA009), Oct 7, 2025: Mooney M20C (N6814N), Watsonville, CA, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot’s decision to program avionics during taxi, resulting in an inadvertent throttle input and collision with a hangar.
- [NTSB WPR25LA042](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR25LA042), Nov 17, 2024: Remos GX (N126GX), Prescott, AZ, substantial damage. Probable cause: The Remos pilot’s failure to maintain clearance from another airplane while taxiing, which resulted in a ground collision.
- [NTSB WPR23LA221](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR23LA221), Jun 8, 2023: Cessna 340A (N340SW), Bend, OR, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot’s failure to maintain clearance from the fuel station, resulting in a ground collision and fire.
- [NTSB CEN23LA198](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN23LA198), May 23, 2023: Textron 172S (N49RH), Wichita, KS, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot’s failure to maintain a safe taxi distance from a turbine-powered airplane, resulting in an encounter of the turbine-powered airplane’s jet blast while taxiing.
- [NTSB CEN23LA179](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN23LA179), May 6, 2023: Textron 172S (N34BL), Englewood, CO, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot’s decision to adjust his seat during taxi, which resulted in his seat sliding aft, and subsequent loss of directional control.
- [NTSB CEN23LA072](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN23LA072), Dec 27, 2022: Piper PA46 (N282TX), Brookshire, TX, substantial damage. Probable cause: The P51 pilot’s failure to see and avoid the PA46 during taxi operations.
- [NTSB CEN17LA090](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN17LA090), Dec 28, 2016: Cessna 172B (N6941X), Prairie Du Sac, WI, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's decision to taxi the airplane from the roadway and his subsequent failure to maintain clearance from signs and a fence after a successful emergency landing following a total loss of…
- [NTSB GAA16CA186](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA16CA186), Apr 4, 2016: Cessna 172 (N8926V), Punta Gorda, FL, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to avoid obstacles and maintain situational awareness while taxiing.

NTSB has coded findings and defining events since 2008; earlier cases used its older occurrence and cause codes and aren't counted.

Findings: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings.md. Defining events: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events.md. Phases of flight: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases.md. Every investigation, filtered by finding, event, phase, state, year or model: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb.md (for example ?state=MI&fatal=1).

NTSB's definitions: Accident and incident, 49 CFR 830.2 (https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-49/subtitle-B/chapter-VIII/part-830/subpart-A/section-830.2), CICTT occurrence categories (PDF) (https://www.ntsb.gov/safety/data/Documents/datafiles/OccurrenceCategoryDefinitions.pdf), CICTT phases of flight (PDF) (https://www.ntsb.gov/safety/data/Documents/datafiles/PhaseofFlightDefinitions.pdf), and NTSB coding manual, before 2008 (PDF) (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf). NTSB publishes no definitions for its findings, only their names.

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