# NTSB GAA17CA205: Cessna 172, N13499, Baltimore, MD, March 24, 2017

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Data collection · Final report
- Date: March 24, 2017, 10:30 local (14:30 UTC)
- Place: Baltimore, MD
- Coordinates: 39.325553, -76.413887 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.3256&lon=-76.4139&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Taxi](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/250) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Defining event: [Taxi: Ground collision](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/200)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report September 7, 2017
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office: General Aviation Accidents
- Parties: FAA
- NTSB case key (mKey): 94915
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=GAA17CA205
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/94915/pdf
- NTSB docket: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=94915
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA17CA205

## Probable cause

The student pilot’s failure to maintain clearance from other airplanes in the run-up area.

## Findings

NTSB's coded findings; those marked are part of the probable cause.

- [Attention/monitoring: monitoring environment](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02021545): Personnel issues › Psychological · Student/instructed pilot (probable cause); cases with it: [Cessna 172M, 15 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02021545/cases.md?model=2072418), [All aircraft, 809 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02021545/cases.md)
- [Object/animal/substance: aircraft](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/03022040): Environmental issues › Physical environment · Effect on operation (probable cause); cases with it: [Cessna 172M, 5 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/03022040/cases.md?model=2072418), [All aircraft, 116 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/03022040/cases.md)

## Sequence of events

The events NTSB coded, in order, by phase of flight. The defining event best describes what happened.

- [Taxi: Ground collision](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/200) (defining event); cases with it: [Cessna 172M, 15 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/200/sequence.md?model=2072418), [All aircraft, 618 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/200/sequence.md)

## Analysis

The solo student pilot reported that, as she taxied into the run-up area, the right wing impacted a parked airplane. The airplane continued and then impacted two other airplanes in the run-up area. The airplane sustained substantial damage to both wings. The student pilot reported that there were no preaccident mechanical failures or malfunctions with the airplane that would have precluded normal operation.

## Factual narrative

The solo student pilot reported that, as she taxied into the run-up area, the right wing impacted a parked airplane. The airplane continued and then impacted two other airplanes in the run-up area. The airplane sustained substantial damage to both wings. The student pilot report that there were no preaccident mechanical failures or malfunctions with the airplane that would have precluded normal operation.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N13499](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N13499-2019-01-30), registration cancelled 2019-01-30, S/N 17262796, built 1973 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172 (M)
- Registry model: [Cessna 172M](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172m) (registry code 2072418) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Lycoming 0-320 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (registry code 41508, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 17262796
- Year built: 1973
- Airframe hours: 3927.9
- Engines: Lycoming O-360-A4M 180 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Instructional, Part 91
- Operator: Middle River Aviation LLC
- Registered owner: Middle River Aviation LLC
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal; Standard, Utility
- Last inspection: 100 hour, February 10, 2017
- Departed: MTN, Baltimore, MD
- Destination: MTN, Baltimore, MD
- Airport: MTN, Martin State Airport
- Equipment: Stall warning system

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Student pilot; age 23; injuries: none; student; medical: class 1, with waivers/limitations; seat: left; restraint: 3-point; flight hours: 43.5 total, 43.5 in this make and model, 9.1 as pilot in command, 14.6 in the last 90 days, 4.4 in the last 30 days

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 190° at 10 knots
- Visibility: 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: 9,000 ft overcast
- Temperature: 46 °F, dew point 30 °F
- Altimeter: 30.44 inHg
- Observed at: KMTN

## FAA reports on this event (1)

The FAA's own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 20170324006801A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20170324006801A), Mar 24, 2017: Cessna 172M, Middle River, MD, Substantial damage. The student pilot was taxiing to the run-up area prior to takeoff. According to the pilot of one of the aircraft she struck she was taxiing at an excessive…

## Docket (3 files)

The files NTSB released with the investigation on August 21, 2017, on NTSB's docket system: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=94915. 4.0 MB in all.

- Pilot/Operator Aircraft Accident Report, NTSB Form 6120.1 (item 1, .PDF, 3.2 MB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=40455493&FileExtension=.PDF&FileName=Pilot%2FOperator%20Aircraft%20Accident%20Report,%20NTSB%20Form%206120.1-Master.PDF
- Student Pilot Statement (item 2, .PDF, 198 KB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=40455494&FileExtension=.PDF&FileName=Student%20Pilot%20Statement-Master.PDF
- Accident Photos (Courtesy of FAA) (item 3, .PDF, 2 photos, 572 KB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=40455495&FileExtension=.PDF&FileName=Accident%20Photos%20(Courtesy%20of%20FAA)-Master.PDF

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

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