- Date
- May 11, 2024, 13:45 local (18:45 UTC)
- Place
- New Century, KS
- Injuries
- 4 uninjured
- Phase of flight
- Standing
- Defining events
- Standing-engine(s) operating: Ground collisionTaxi-to runway: Ground collision
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- 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
- 20240511005632I20240511005622A
- Case key
- 194298
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 inability of the Boeing 75 pilot to anticipate that the Piper would stop earlier on the taxiway which resulted in the on-ground collision.
Findings · 4
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.
N3574C · Piper PA28
N234X · Boeing 75
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.
N3574C · Piper PA28
N234X · Boeing 75
Analysis
The pilot of the Boeing 75 reported that he taxied south on the taxiway toward the runway, using S-turns to clear for traffic, and followed about 200 ft behind a Piper airplane. He also noted that there was a light twin facing north conducting an engine run ahead of the Piper. The Piper pilot made a 180 degree turn on the taxiway and taxied north, which the Boeing pilot did not see. The pilot of the Piper reported he conducted an engine run-up along the west edge of the taxiway near the approach end of the runway, facing into the wind (north), as there was no defined run-up area at the end of the runway. The right wings of both airplanes collided which resulted in substantial damage to both wings. It is likely that the Boeing 75 pilot did not anticipate that the Piper in front of him would turn and stop to conduct a run-up so far north on the taxiway which led to the collision between the two airplanes.
Aircraft · 2
- Registration
- N3574C
- Reported as
- Piper PA28 (161)
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 28-8016200
- Built
- 1979
- Airframe hours
- 5,895.2
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-D3G, 160 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Fly Kilo Charlie LLC
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · April 12, 2024
- Departed
- KIXD · New Century, KS
- Destination
- KEMP · Emporia, KS
- Airport
- IXD · New Century Air Center, runway 36, 7,339 × 150 ft, asphalt
- Equipment
- ADS-B
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
- N234X
- Reported as
- Boeing 75
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 75-260
- Built
- 1940
- Engine
- Lycoming 680, 300 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Other work use · Part 91
- Registered owner
- American Airpower Heritage Museum (CAF)
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Departed
- KIXD · New Century, KS
- Destination
- KIXD · New Century, KS
- Equipment
- ADS-B
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 · 3
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot, aircraft N3574C
- Age
- 33
- Injuries
- None
- Certificates
- Flight instructor, Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Without waivers/limitations
- Last flight review
- May 19, 2024
- Seat
- Right
- Restraint
- 3-point
- Flight hours
- 507.3 total · 98.4 in this make and model · 444.9 as pilot in command · 170.8 in the last 90 days · 57.8 in the last 30 days · 7.6 in the last 24 hours
- Role
- Student pilot, aircraft N3574C
- Age
- 36
- Injuries
- None
- Certificate
- Student
- Medical
- Class 1, Waiver time limited special
- Seat
- Left
- Restraint
- 3-point
- Flight hours
- 88.9 total · 40.5 in this make and model · 22.5 in the last 90 days · 8.6 in the last 30 days
- Role
- Pilot, aircraft N234X
- Age
- 78
- Injuries
- None
- Certificates
- Commercial, Flight instructor
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, With waivers/limitations
- Last flight review
- October 5, 2023
- Seat
- Rear
- Restraint
- 4-point
- Flight hours
- 30,500 total · 253 in this make and model · 27,000 as pilot in command · 2.1 in the last 90 days · 2.1 in the last 30 days · 0.5 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 330° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 77 °F, dew point 43 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.98 inHg
- Observed at
- KIXD
- METAR
- METAR KIXD 111853Z 30007G15KT 10SM CLR 25/06 A2998
Docket · 3
The files NTSB released with the investigation on October 22, 2024, on NTSB’s docket system: statements, records, photos and specialists’ reports. 18.1 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.