- Date
- June 23, 2026, 08:57 local (12:57 UTC)
- Place
- Brooksville, FL
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Phase of flight
- Taxi
- Defining events
- Taxi-to runway: Ground collisionTaxi-to runway: Ground collision
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report August 27, 2026
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- Investigation class
- Class 4 - Basic report with no Prelim publish
- NTSB office
- Eastern Region Aviation
- Parties
- FAA/FSDO
- FAA reports
- 20260623009912A20260623008462I
- Case key
- 203249
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 student pilot’s failure to ensure clearance while taxiing, which resulted in contact with another airplane that was performing an engine run-up.
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.
N413AA · Cessna 172
N9417Z · 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.
N413AA · Cessna 172
N9417Z · Cessna 172
Analysis
The student pilot was taxiing airplane for departure and stated that he misjudged his airplane’s wingspan while attempting to pass another airplane that was performing a run-up. The right wing of the taxiing airplane struck the trailing edge and left wing of the stationary airplane, which resulted in substantial damage to the left aileron of the stationary airplane. The pilots reported that there were no preaccident mechanical malfunctions or failures with either airplane that would have precluded normal operation.
Aircraft · 2
- Registration
- N413AA
- Reported as
- Cessna 172 (S)
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 172S8413
- Built
- 2000
- Airframe hours
- 6,972.6
- Engine
- Lycoming IO-360-L2A, 180 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Operator
- American Aviation Inc
- Registered owner
- American Aviation Inc
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · June 18, 2026 · 50 hours before
- Airport
- BKV · Brooksville-Tampa Bay Rgnl
- Equipment
- ADS-B, Auto-pilot, 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
- N9417Z
- Reported as
- Cessna 172 (R)
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 17280265
- Built
- 1997
- Airframe hours
- 11,059
- Engine
- Lycoming IO-360-L2A, 180 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Operator
- American Aviation Inc
- Registered owner
- American Aviation Inc
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · June 22, 2026 · 5 hours before
- Equipment
- Electronic primary flight display, ADS-B, Auto-pilot, Electronic multifunction 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.
Flight crew · 3
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot, aircraft N413AA
- Age
- 23
- Injuries
- None
- Certificates
- Commercial, Flight instructor
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Without waivers/limitations
- Last flight review
- January 31, 2025
- Seat
- Right
- Restraint
- 3-point
- Flight hours
- 730 total · 660 in this make and model · 640 as pilot in command · 90 in the last 90 days · 30 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
- Role
- Student pilot, aircraft N413AA
- Age
- 44
- Injuries
- None
- Certificate
- Student
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Unknown
- Seat
- Left
- Restraint
- 3-point
- Flight hours
- 177 total · 177 in this make and model · 25 in the last 90 days · 8 in the last 30 days
- Role
- Student pilot, aircraft N9417Z
- Age
- 18
- Injuries
- None
- Certificate
- Student
- Medical
- Class 1, With waivers/limitations
- Last flight review
- June 22, 2026
- Seat
- Left
- Restraint
- None
- Flight hours
- 19 total · 5 in this make and model · 2 as pilot in command · 19 in the last 90 days · 19 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 250° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 84 °F, dew point 79 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.18 inHg
- Observed at
- BKV
- METAR
- METAR KBKV 231253Z 25005KT 10SM CLR 29/26 A3018 RMK AO2 SLP216 T02940261
Docket · 3
The files NTSB released with the investigation on August 27, 2026, on NTSB’s docket system: statements, records, photos and specialists’ reports. 3.8 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.