- Date
- November 22, 2016, 13:30 local (21:30 UTC)
- Place
- San Diego, CA
- Injuries
- 5 uninjured
- Phase of flight
- Taxi
- Defining events
- Taxi-to runway: Ground collisionTaxi-from runway: Ground collision
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report May 15, 2017
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office
- General Aviation Accidents
- Parties
- FAA
- FAA reports
- 20161122021472A20161122021482A
- Case key
- 94428
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 other pilot’s failure to see and avoid the airplane stopped ahead of him during taxi.
The pilot’s failure to see and avoid the airplane stopped ahead of him during taxi.
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.
N3242 · Curtiss Wright Travel AIR 4000
N2242W · Piper PA28
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.
N3242 · Curtiss Wright Travel AIR 4000
N2242W · Piper PA28
Analysis
The pilot of the tailwheel-equipped airplane reported that he was cleared to taxi to the departure runway. He added that, while taxiing, he was doing S-turns to see over the nose of his airplane, and "must have missed a call to the aircraft [airplane] ahead of him," which had been instructed to hold short of the upcoming taxiway. His airplane impacted the empennage of the stopped airplane that was holding short. His airplane sustained substantial damage to the right wing, and the stopped airplane sustained substantial damage to the empennage. Both pilots reported no preaccident mechanical malfunctions or failures with their airplanes that would have precluded normal operation.
The pilot of the tailwheel-equipped airplane reported that he was cleared to taxi to the departure runway. He added that, while taxiing, he was doing S-turns to see over the nose of his airplane, and "must have missed a call to the aircraft [airplane] ahead of him," which had been instructed to hold short of the upcoming taxiway. His airplane impacted the empennage of the stopped airplane that was holding short. His airplane sustained substantial damage to the right wing, and the stopped airplane sustained substantial damage to the empennage. Both pilots reported no preaccident mechanical malfunctions or failures with their airplanes that would have precluded normal operation.
Factual narrative
The pilot of the tailwheel equipped airplane reported that he was cleared to taxi to the departure runway. He added that while taxiing he was doing S-turns to see over the nose of his airplane, and "must have missed a call to the aircraft [airplane] ahead of him," which had been instructed to hold short of the upcoming taxiway. His airplane impacted the empennage of the stopped airplane that was holding short. His airplane sustained substantial damage to the right wing, and the stopped airplane sustained substantial damage to the empennage. Both pilots reported no preaccident mechanical malfunctions or failures with their airplane's that would have precluded normal operation.
The pilot of the tailwheel equipped airplane reported that he was cleared to taxi to the departure runway. He added that while taxiing he was doing S-turns to see over the nose of his airplane, and "must have missed a call to the aircraft [airplane] ahead of him," which had been instructed to hold short of the upcoming taxiway. His airplane impacted the empennage of the stopped airplane that was holding short. His airplane sustained substantial damage to the right wing, and the stopped airplane sustained substantial damage to the empennage. Both pilots reported no preaccident mechanical malfunctions or failures with their airplane's that would have precluded normal operation.
Aircraft · 2
- Registration
- N3242
- Reported as
- Curtiss Wright Travel AIR 4000 (NO SERIES)
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 256
- Built
- 1929
- Airframe hours
- 13,655
- Engine
- Lycoming R-680-13, 300 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Business · Part 91
- Operator
- Aircraft Leasing & Management LLC
- Registered owner
- Aircraft Leasing & Management LLC
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · November 15, 2016
- Departed
- MYF · San Diego, CA
- Destination
- MYF · San Diego, CA
- Flight plan
- Unknown
- Airport
- MYF · Montgomery-Gibbs Executive
- Equipment
- None
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
- N2242W
- Reported as
- Piper PA28 (181)
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 28-7990352
- Built
- 1979
- Airframe hours
- 7,531.25
- Engine
- Lycoming O-360-A4M, 180 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · October 13, 2016
- Departed
- MYF · San Diego, CA
- Destination
- MYF · San Diego, CA
- Airport
- MYF · Montgomery-Gibbs Executive
- Equipment
- Auto-pilot, Stall warning system
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 N3242
- Age
- 72
- Injuries
- None
- Certificates
- Airline transport, Flight instructor
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, With waivers/limitations
- Last flight review
- March 30, 2016
- Seat
- Rear
- Restraint
- 3-point
- Flight hours
- 17,884 total · 3,813 in this make and model · 17,050 as pilot in command · 122 in the last 90 days · 70 in the last 30 days
- Role
- Flight instructor, aircraft N2242W
- Age
- 40
- Injuries
- None
- Certificates
- Airline transport, Flight instructor
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Without waivers/limitations
- Last flight review
- July 15, 2016
- Seat
- Right
- Restraint
- 3-point
- Flight hours
- 2,300 total · 1,600 in this make and model · 2,250 as pilot in command · 63 in the last 90 days · 30 in the last 30 days
- Role
- Student pilot, aircraft N2242W
- Age
- 35
- Injuries
- None
- Certificate
- Student
- Medical
- Class 3, With waivers/limitations
- Seat
- Left
- Restraint
- 3-point
- Flight hours
- 77.1 total · 76 in this make and model · 10.6 as pilot in command · 26.7 in the last 90 days · 8.6 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 300° at 7 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 66 °F, dew point 50 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.07 inHg
- Observed at
- KMYF
Docket · 3
The files NTSB released with the investigation on March 31, 2017, on NTSB’s docket system: statements, records, photos and specialists’ reports. 3.3 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.