- Date
- September 15, 1979
- Place
- Pontiac, MI · PONTIAC, MI
- Injuries
- 4 uninjured
- Phase of flight
- Standing
- Status
- Completed · report March 10, 1980
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA reports
- 19790915024892A19790915024891A
- Case key
- 133118
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NTSB brief
NTSB’s brief of the accident, as it was printed: the coded facts, with the probable cause and factors.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FILE DATE LOCATION AIRCRAFT DATA INJURIES FLIGHT PILOT DATA F S M/N PURPOSE ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3323 79/9/15 PONTIAC,MI CESSNA 172 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 49, 122 TIME - 1055 N9843T PX- 0 0 1 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 79 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 2 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - OAKLAND-PONTIAC DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION PONTIAC,MI BOSWORTH,OH TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH AIRCRAFT: BOTH ON GROUND TAXI: TO TAKEOFF PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED CLEARANCE REMARKS- LEFT WING TIP STRUCK TAIL OF OTHER ACFT,VEERED LEFT,PROP HIT WING.BOTH ACFT SUBSTANTIALLY DMGD.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FILE DATE LOCATION AIRCRAFT DATA INJURIES FLIGHT PILOT DATA F S M/N PURPOSE ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3323 79/9/15 PONTIAC,MI CESSNA 182 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 49, 634 TIME - 1055 N1930X PX- 0 0 1 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 18 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 2 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - OAKLAND-PONTIAC DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION PONTIAC,MI LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH AIRCRAFT: BOTH ON GROUND STATIC: IDLING ENGINE(S) PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PERSONNEL - MISCELLANEOUS-PERSONNEL: PILOT OF OTHER AIRCRAFT REMARKS- STRUCK BY OTHER ACFT WHILE WAITING FOR TKOF CLNC.BOTH ACFT SUBSTANTIALLY DMGD.
Aircraft · 2
- Registration
- N1930X
- Reported as
- Cessna 182
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Oakland-Pontiac
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
- N9843T
- Reported as
- Cessna 172
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Oakland-Pontiac
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.
FAA reports on this event · 2
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.
Accident 19790915024892ACessna 182 · Pontiac, MIPilot was waiting for takeoff and was struck by another aircraft. Tower cleared aircraft out of sequence.(N9843T)Accident 19790915024891ACessna 172 · Pontiac, MIStruck another aircraft while attempting to taxi around it. Tower cleared aircraft out of sequence.(N1930X)