- Date
- March 28, 2000, 20:15 local (Mar 29, 2000, 01:15 UTC)
- Place
- St. Petersburg, FL
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Taxi
- Aircraft
- N9400LCessna 172P
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Status
- Completed · report December 4, 2000
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 20000328007909A
- Case key
- 51233
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Probable cause
The failure of the pilot to maintain clearance between the left wingtip and a hangar door resulting in the on-ground collision.
Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
Analysis
The pilot stated that after takeoff he flew to the Clearwater airport where he performed one full stop landing and taxied back then departed to return to the St. Petersburg airport where he performed one touch-and-go landing followed by a full-stop landing. While taxiing on a ramp following landing, he maneuvered the airplane to avoid a parked multiengine airplane that was off the right side of the airplane. While looking out the right side of the airplane, the left wing collided with a hangar door.
Factual narrative
On March 28, 2000, about 2015 eastern standard time, a Cessna 172P, N9400L, registered to Bay Air Flying Service, Inc., collided with a hangar while taxiing from landing at the Albert Whitted Municipal Airport, St. Petersburg, Florida. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed at the time and no flight plan was filed for the 14 CFR Part 91 personal flight. The airplane was substantially damaged and the private-rated pilot and one passenger were not injured. The flight originated from the Albert Whitted Airport, St. Petersburg, Florida, approximately 36 minutes earlier.
The pilot stated that after takeoff he flew to the Clearwater airport where he performed one full-stop landing and taxied back then departed to return to the St. Petersburg airport where he performed one touch-and-go landing followed by a full-stop landing. While taxiing on a ramp following landing, he maneuvered the airplane to avoid a parked multiengine airplane that was off the right side of the airplane. While looking out the right side of the airplane, the left wing collided with a hangar door.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9400L
- Reported as
- Cessna 172P
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 17276550
- Airframe hours
- 11,058
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-D2J, 160 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Albert Whitted Flying Club
- Registered owner
- Bay Air Flying Service, Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Utility
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · February 24, 2000 · 87 hours before
- Departed
- CLW · Clearwater, FL
- Airport
- SPG · Albert Whitted
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
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 32
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 102 total · 24 in this make and model · 50 as pilot in command · 6 in the last 90 days · 3 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Wind
- 230° at 7 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 70 °F, dew point 59 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- SPG
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.