- Date
- January 8, 2020, 07:47 local (12:47 UTC)
- Place
- Palm Coast, FL
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Phase of flight
- Taxi
- Defining events
- Taxi: Ground collisionStanding-engine(s) operating: 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
- Eastern Region Aviation
- Parties
- FAA/FSDO
- FAA report
- 20200108010292A
- Case key
- 101125
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Probable cause
The student pilot's failure to allow adequate separation when passing the parked airplane, which resulted in a 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.
N536ND · Cessna 172
N550ND · Cessna 172
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.
N536ND · Cessna 172
N550ND · Cessna 172
Analysis
A student pilot was taxiing his airplane into the runup area at what he thought was a safe distance from another airplane that was performing a runup. The moving airplane's left wing contacted the stationary airplane's propeller, resulting in substantial damage to the moving airplane's left wing. Neither pilot reported any preaccident mechanical failures or malfunctions with their respective airplanes that would have precluded normal operation.
Aircraft · 2
- Registration
- N536ND
- Reported as
- Cessna 172 (S)
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 172S10932
- Built
- 2009
- Airframe hours
- 8,920.7
- Engine
- Lycoming IO-360-L2A, 180 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Operator
- Phoenix East Aviation, LLC
- Registered owner
- Phoenix East Aviation, LLC
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Utility; Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · December 20, 2019 · 63 hours before
- Departed
- FIN · Palm Coast, FL
- Destination
- FIN · Palm Coast, FL
- Airport
- FIN · Flagler Executive
- Equipment
- ADS-B, Stall warning system, Electronic multifunction display, Electronic primary flight display
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
- N550ND
- Reported as
- Cessna 172 (S)
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 172S10992
- Built
- 2009
- Engine
- Lycoming IO-360-L2A, reciprocating
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Operator
- Phoenix East Aviation, LLC
- Registered owner
- Phoenix East Aviation, LLC
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Utility; Standard, Normal
- Departed
- FIN · Palm Coast, FL
- Destination
- FIN · Palm Coast, FL
- Airport
- FIN · Flagler Executive
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
- Student pilot, aircraft N536ND
- Age
- 24
- Injuries
- None
- Certificate
- Student
- Medical
- Class 3, With waivers/limitations
- Seat
- Left
- Restraint
- Lap only
- Flight hours
- 54 total · 54 in this make and model · 6 as pilot in command · 54 in the last 90 days · 19 in the last 30 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
- Role
- Student pilot, aircraft N550ND
- Age
- 24
- Injuries
- None
- Certificate
- Student
- Seat
- Left
- Restraint
- Lap only
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 45 °F, dew point 34 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.37 inHg
- Observed at
- FIN
Docket · 3
The files NTSB released with the investigation on September 2, 2020, on NTSB’s docket system: statements, records, photos and specialists’ reports. 1.3 MB in all.
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.