- Date
- June 11, 2008, 09:00 local (13:00 UTC)
- Place
- Cincinnati, OH
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Taxi
- Aircraft
- N31SZCessna 172
- Defining event
- Taxi: Ground collision
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report July 30, 2008
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- Parties
- Cincinatti, OH
- FAA report
- 20080611838829A
- Case key
- 68404
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 pilot's failure to maintain clearance from a building during taxi. A factor was the building.
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.
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.
Analysis
The pilot reported that, after returning from a pleasure flight, the left wing tip of the airplane struck a building while executing a 180 degree taxi turn. The pilot did not report any mechanical difficulties with regard to the airplane.
Factual narrative
The pilot reported that, after returning from a pleasure flight, the left wing tip of the airplane struck a building while executing a 180 degree taxi turn. The pilot did not report any mechanical difficulties with regard to the airplane.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N31SZ
- Reported as
- Cessna 172
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 17267732
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-H2AD, 160 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Departed
- ISZ · Cincinnati, OH
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
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 52
- Injuries
- None
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 3
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 140 total · 140 in this make and model
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.