- Date
- November 20, 2018, 09:30 local (14:30 UTC)
- Place
- Miami, FL
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Phase of flight
- Taxi
- Defining events
- Taxi-from runway: Ground collisionTaxi-from runway: Ground collision
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report September 26, 2019
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office
- General Aviation Accidents
- Parties
- FAA
- FAA report
- 20181120022771A
- Case key
- 98673
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 improper decision to taxi past another airplane occupying a taxiway and her subsequent failure to maintain clearance from the airplane.
The student pilot's improper decision to taxi past another airplane occupying the taxiway and her subsequent failure to maintain clearance from the airplane.
Findings · 6
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.
N607FT · Piper PA28
N80298 · 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.
N607FT · Piper PA28
N80298 · Cessna 172
Analysis
The student pilot in the low-wing airplane reported that, after landing, she exited the runway onto a taxiway, which was occupied by a high-wing airplane that had landed before her. She attempted to pass the high-wing airplane on the left, but her airplane's right wing struck the other airplane's left wing lift strut. Her airplane then turned right about 180°, and the right wing struck the propeller and then the right wing of the high-wing airplane. The flight instructor in the high-wing airplane reported that, after exiting the runway onto a taxiway, he "felt a small hit on the left side." He saw a low-wing airplane make a right, 180° turn around the front of his airplane and impact its right wing. The low- and high-wing airplanes sustained substantial damage to their right wings. The student reported that there were no mechanical malfunctions or failures with the airplane that would have precluded normal operation.
The student pilot in the low-wing airplane reported that, after landing, she exited the runway onto a taxiway, which was occupied by a high-wing airplane that had landed before her. She attempted to pass the high-wing airplane on the left, but her airplane's right wing struck the other airplane's left wing lift strut. Her airplane then turned right about 180°, and the right wing struck the propeller and then the right wing of the high-wing airplane. The flight instructor in the high-wing airplane reported that, after exiting the runway onto a taxiway, he "felt a small hit on the left side." He saw a low-wing airplane make a right, 180° turn around the front of his airplane and impact its right wing. The low- and high-wing airplanes sustained substantial damage to their right wings. The student reported that there were no mechanical malfunctions or failures with the airplane that would have precluded normal operation.
Factual narrative
The student pilot in the low-wing airplane reported that after landing, she exited the runway on to a taxiway which was occupied by the high-wing airplane which had landed before her. She attempted to pass the high-wing airplane on its left, but her right wing struck the other airplane's left wing lift strut. Her airplane then continued to the right, turning about 180° with her right wing striking the propeller of the high-wing airplane, followed by her propeller striking the right wing of the high-wing airplane. The flight instructor in the high-wing airplane reported that after exiting the runway on to a taxiway he "felt a small hit on the left side." He saw a low-wing airplane make a right 180° turn around the front of his airplane and impact the right wing of his airplane. The low-wing airplane sustained substantial damage to the right wing. The high-wing airplane sustained substantial damage to the right wing. The student pilot reported that there were no mechanical malfunctions or failures with the airplane that would have precluded normal operation.
The student pilot in the low-wing airplane reported that after landing, she exited the runway on to a taxiway which was occupied by the high-wing airplane which had landed before her. She attempted to pass the high-wing airplane on its left, but her right wing struck the other airplane's left wing lift strut. Her airplane then continued to the right, turning about 180° with her right wing striking the propeller of the high-wing airplane, followed by her propeller striking the right wing of the high-wing airplane. The flight instructor in the high-wing airplane reported that after exiting the runway on to a taxiway he "felt a small hit on the left side." He saw a low-wing airplane make a right 180° turn around the front of his airplane and impact the right wing of his airplane. The low-wing airplane sustained substantial damage to the right wing. The high-wing airplane sustained substantial damage to the right wing. The student pilot reported that there were no mechanical malfunctions or failures with the airplane that would have precluded normal operation.
Aircraft · 2
- Registration
- N607FT
- Reported as
- Piper PA28 (161)
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 2841215
- Built
- 1989
- Airframe hours
- 13,292
- Engine
- Lycoming O-360-D3G, 160 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Operator
- Pilot Training Center Llc
- Registered owner
- Pilot Training Center Llc
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · November 6, 2018
- Departed
- TMB · Miami, FL
- Destination
- TMB · Miami, FL
- Airport
- TMB · Miami Executive
- Equipment
- 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.
- Registration
- N80298
- Reported as
- Cessna 172 (M)
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 17266504
- Built
- 1975
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320 SERIES, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Departed
- TMB · Miami, FL
- Destination
- TMB · Miami, FL
- Airport
- TMB · Miami Executive, runway 09L, 5,003 × 150 ft, asphalt
- Equipment
- ADS-B, 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 · 2
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot, aircraft N607FT
- Age
- 24
- Injuries
- None
- Certificate
- Student
- Medical
- Class 1, With waivers/limitations
- Seat
- Left
- Restraint
- 3-point
- Flight hours
- 53.7 total · 48.4 in this make and model · 4.8 as pilot in command · 30.7 in the last 90 days · 16.7 in the last 30 days
- Role
- Flight instructor, aircraft N80298
- Age
- 34
- Injuries
- None
- Certificates
- Commercial, Flight instructor
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Without waivers/limitations
- Last flight review
- April 1, 2018
- Seat
- Right
- Flight hours
- 700 total · 700 in this make and model · 550 as pilot in command · 200 in the last 90 days · 70 in the last 30 days · 6 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Temperature
- 84 °F, dew point 70 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.09 inHg
- Observed at
- KTMB
Docket · 4
The files NTSB released with the investigation on June 13, 2019, on NTSB’s docket system: statements, records, photos and specialists’ reports. 9.6 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 N607FT · 2
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.