- Date
- December 11, 2016, 11:30 local (16:30 UTC)
- Place
- Jacksonville, FL
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Phase of flight
- Standing
- Defining events
- Standing-engine(s) operating: Ground collisionStanding-engine(s) operating: Ground collision
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report June 20, 2017
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office
- General Aviation Accidents
- Parties
- FAA
- FAA report
- 20161211020312A
- Case key
- 94526
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 stationary airplane during taxi.
The pilot’s failure to see and avoid the stationary airplane 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.
N195PC · Cessna 195
N1221K · Piper PA 44
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.
N195PC · Cessna 195
N1221K · Piper PA 44
Analysis
The pilot of the tailwheel-equipped airplane reported that, during taxi, he turned right to position the airplane to perform pretakeoff procedures, and the right wing passed over the running engine of a stationary airplane and struck the turning propeller. The airplane sustained substantial damage to the right wing, and the stationary airplane sustained minor damage. 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, during taxi, he turned right to position the airplane to perform pretakeoff procedures, and the right wing passed over the running engine of a stationary airplane and struck the turning propeller. The airplane sustained substantial damage to the right wing, and the stationary airplane sustained minor damage. 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 during taxi, he turned right to position the airplane to perform pre-takeoff procedures, and the right wing passed over the running engine of a stationary airplane. The right wing struck the turning propeller of the stationary airplane. The airplane sustained substantial damage to the right wing, and the stationary airplane sustained minor damage. 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 during taxi, he turned right to position the airplane to perform pre-takeoff procedures, and the right wing passed over the running engine of a stationary airplane. The right wing struck the turning propeller of the stationary airplane. The airplane sustained substantial damage to the right wing, and the stationary airplane sustained minor damage. Both pilots reported no preaccident mechanical malfunctions or failures with their airplane's that would have precluded normal operation.
Aircraft · 2
- Registration
- N195PC
- Reported as
- Cessna 195 (B)
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 16140
- Built
- 1954
- Airframe hours
- 2,937
- Engine
- Jacobs R-755B2, 275 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Cardinal 19pc LLC.
- Registered owner
- Cardinal 19pc LLC.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · September 20, 2016
- Departed
- CRG · Jacksonville, FL
- Destination
- TLH · Tallahassee, FL
- Flight plan
- VFR/IFR
- Airport
- CRG · Jacksonville Executive At Crai
- Equipment
- Stall warning system, Satellite tracking device, Onboard weather, ADS-B, Auto-pilot, Electronic flight bag or handheld device
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
- N1221K
- Reported as
- Piper PA 44 (180)
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 44-7995295
- Built
- 1979
- Airframe hours
- 7,605.1
- Engines
- Lycoming O360-E1A6D, 180 horsepower, reciprocatingLycoming O360-E1A6D, 180 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · November 1, 2016
- Departed
- CRG · Jacksonville, FL
- Destination
- CRG · Jacksonville, FL
- Airport
- CRG · Jacksonville Executive At Crai
- Equipment
- Unknown
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 N195PC
- Age
- 76
- Injuries
- None
- Certificates
- Flight engineer, Airline transport, Flight instructor
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 3, With waivers/limitations
- Last flight review
- May 16, 2016
- Seat
- Left
- Restraint
- 4-point
- Flight hours
- 31,553 total · 412 in this make and model · 16,567 as pilot in command · 24 in the last 90 days · 4.5 in the last 30 days
- Role
- Flight instructor, aircraft N1221K
- Age
- 29
- Injuries
- None
- Certificates
- Flight instructor, Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, With waivers/limitations
- Last flight review
- May 16, 2015
- Seat
- Left
- Restraint
- 3-point
- Flight hours
- 1,647 total · 712 in this make and model · 1,532 as pilot in command · 130 in the last 90 days · 31 in the last 30 days
- Role
- Student pilot, aircraft N1221K
- Age
- 23
- Injuries
- None
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, With waivers/limitations
- Last flight review
- October 19, 2016
- Seat
- Left
- Restraint
- 3-point
- Flight hours
- 215 total · 39 in this make and model · 138 as pilot in command
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 120° at 6 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Temperature
- 70 °F, dew point 55 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.30 inHg
- Observed at
- KCRG
Docket · 3
The files NTSB released with the investigation on May 17, 2017, on NTSB’s docket system: statements, records, photos and specialists’ reports. 6.5 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.
Other investigations on N195PC · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.