- Date
- March 17, 2022, 21:00 local (Mar 18, 2022, 02:00 UTC)
- Place
- Grapevine, TX · On the airport while taxiing
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Phase of flight
- Taxi
- Defining events
- Taxi: Ground collisionTaxi: Ground collision
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Night
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- Investigation class
- Class 4 - Basic report with no Prelim publish
- NTSB office
- Central Region
- Parties
- FAA
- FAA reports
- 20220318021792A20220318003861A
- Case key
- 104818
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
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Probable cause
The failure of the pilot of the second aircraft to maintain a safe distance from the lead airplane while taxiing, which resulted in a ground collision.
Findings · 2
NTSB’s coded findings. Those marked are part of the probable cause; the rest are factors or other findings. Under each, the cases with the same finding.
N78SA · Cessna 208B
N9469B · Cessna 208B
Sequence of events
The events NTSB coded, in order, by phase of flight. The defining event is the one that best describes the accident. Under each, the cases with the same event anywhere in their sequence.
N78SA · Cessna 208B
N9469B · Cessna 208B
Analysis
The pilot reported that while taxiing to the ramp for parking behind another airplane, the airplane in front of him suddenly stopped and he impacted that airplane from the rear. He said that all he heard was the propeller of his airplane hitting the tail of the airplane in front of him. He immediately shut down the engine of his airplane and the airplane that had been struck taxied to the ramp and parked. The airplane that was impacted sustained substantial damage to the tail and the other airplane sustained minor damage. There were no reported preaccident mechanical malfunctions or failures to either airplane that would have precluded normal operation.
Aircraft · 2
- Registration
- N78SA
- Reported as
- Cessna 208B
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 208B0467
- Built
- 1995
- Airframe hours
- 14,727
- Engine
- P&W PT6A SER, 750 horsepower, turbo prop
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Business · Part 135
- Operator
- Martinaire Aviation LLC
- Registered owner
- Martinaire Aviation LLC
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- AAIP · November 2, 2021
- Destination
- Same as departure
- Airport
- DFW · Dallas Ft. Worth
- Equipment
- Onboard weather, Auto-pilot, ADS-B, Stall warning system
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
- Registration
- N9469B
- Reported as
- Cessna 208B
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 208B0079
- Built
- 1988
- Airframe hours
- 17,576
- Engine
- P&W PT6A SERIES, 500 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Business · Part 135
- Operator
- Martinaire Aviation LLC
- Registered owner
- Martinaire Aviation LLC
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- AAIP · January 18, 2022
- Destination
- Same as departure
- Equipment
- ADS-B, Auto-pilot, Onboard weather, Stall warning system
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Flight crew · 2
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot, aircraft N78SA
- Age
- 28
- Injuries
- None
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1
- Last flight review
- February 11, 2022
- Seat
- Left
- Restraint
- 3-point
- Flight hours
- 1,271 total · 63 in this make and model · 1,096 as pilot in command · 63 in the last 90 days · 48 in the last 30 days · 3 in the last 24 hours
- Role
- Pilot, aircraft N9469B
- Age
- 70
- Injuries
- None
- Certificate
- Airline transport
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, With waivers/limitations
- Last flight review
- February 28, 2022
- Seat
- Left
- Restraint
- 3-point
- Flight hours
- 18,902 total · 3,902 in this make and model · 13,902 as pilot in command · 137 in the last 90 days · 48 in the last 30 days · 3 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Night
- Wind
- 360° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Temperature
- 57 °F, dew point 27 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.07 inHg
- Observed at
- KDFW, 2 nm away
- METAR
- KDFW 190153Z 36005KT 10SM FEW250 14/M03 A3007 RMK AO2 SLP179 T01441033
Docket · 3
The files NTSB released with the investigation on May 25, 2022, on NTSB’s docket system: statements, records, photos and specialists’ reports. 9.2 MB in all.
FAA reports on this event · 2
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.