- Date
- March 26, 2004, 11:57 local (18:57 UTC)
- Place
- Broomfield, CO
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Phase of flight
- Standing
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report June 30, 2004
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- Parties
- FAA FSDO
- FAA reports
- 20040326004131A20040326004132A
- Case key
- 58970
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Probable cause
the pilot of the Maule's failure to maintain a visual lookout.
Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
Analysis
The Cessna was stationary in the run-up area for runway 11L, facing an approximate heading of 240 degrees. They had just completed an engine run-up and the student was conducting an instrument scan. The flight instructor looked up momentarily to see the Maule headed straight for the nose of the Cessna. The airline transport pilot aboard the Maule stated that despite the S-turns, he did not see the Cessna prior to the impact. The right wing of the Maule went under the left wing of the Cessna, the propeller blade of the Maule penetrated the windscreen on the left side of the Cessna and the propellers of both airplanes struck each other substantially damaging both airplanes.
Factual narrative
On March 26, 2004, at 1157 mountain standard time, a taxiing Maule M-5-210C, N339X, collided with a stationary Cessna 172, N5345G, substantially damaging both airplanes at Jefferson County Airport, Broomfield, Colorado. The airline transport pilot aboard the Maule, and the commercial flight instructor and dual student aboard the Cessna were not injured. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed. No flight plan had been filed for either of the two local flights being conducted under the provisions of Title 14 CFR Part 91. Both flights were originating at the time of the accident.
According to the flight instructor aboard the Cessna, they were stationary in the run-up area for runway 11L, facing an approximate heading of 240 degrees. They had just completed an engine run-up and the student was conducting an instrument scan. The flight instructor looked up momentarily to see the Maule headed straight for the nose of the Cessna. The right wing of the Maule went under the left wing of the Cessna, the propeller blade of the Maule penetrated the windscreen on the left side of the Cessna and the propellers of both airplanes struck each other. The airline transport pilot onboard the Maul stated that despite the S-turns performed during the taxi, he did not see the Cessna.
The Cessna sustained a crushed cowling, wrinkled firewall and a bent left wing strut. The right leading edge of the Maule wing was crushed, the wing nose ribs bent, and the cowling crushed.
Aircraft · 2
- Registration
- N5345G
- Reported as
- Cessna C172
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 17259371
- Airframe hours
- 584
- Engine
- Lycoming IO-360-L2A, 180 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Operator
- McAir Aviation, LLC
- Registered owner
- Jasonair LLC
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · February 10, 2004 · 94 hours before
- Departed
- BJC · Broomfield, CO
- Airport
- BJC · Jeffco
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
- N339X
- Reported as
- Maule M-5-210C
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 6151C
- Airframe hours
- 2,036
- Engine
- Continental IO-360-D33A, 210 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Andreq Chitiea
- Registered owner
- Jordan Aviation LLC
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · March 25, 2004 · 0 hours before
- Departed
- BJC · Broomfield, CO
- Airport
- BJC · Jeffco
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
- Flight instructor, aircraft N5345G
- Age
- 25
- Injuries
- None
- Certificates
- Commercial, Flight instructor
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Last flight review
- November 4, 2003
- Seat
- Right
- Flight hours
- 490 total · 289 in this make and model · 421 as pilot in command · 109 in the last 90 days · 38 in the last 30 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
- Role
- Student pilot, aircraft N5345G
- Age
- 20
- Injuries
- None
- Certificate
- Student
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 27 total · 27 in this make and model · 27 in the last 90 days · 12 in the last 30 days · 0 in the last 24 hours
- Role
- Pilot, aircraft N339X
- Age
- 52
- Injuries
- None
- Certificates
- Airline transport, Flight instructor
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Last flight review
- November 12, 2003
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 7,600 total · 27 in this make and model · 7,100 as pilot in command · 25 in the last 90 days · 13 in the last 30 days · 4 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 80° at 8 knots
- Visibility
- 35 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 68 °F, dew point 30 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.87 inHg
- Observed at
- BJC, 1 nm away
FAA reports on this event · 2
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.