- Date
- March 6, 2002, 23:00 local (Mar 7, 2002, 04:00 UTC)
- Place
- Kissimmee, FL
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Taxi
- Aircraft
- N1446VCessna 172M
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Night
- Status
- Completed · report March 30, 2004
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- Parties
- FAA FSDO
- FAA report
- 20020306038759A
- Case key
- 58466
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Probable cause
The pilot's failure to maintain the proper clearance while taxing the airplane which resulted in the left wing tip colliding with an object and damage to the airplane. A related factor was night conditions.
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 landing on runway 06 at Kissimmee, Florida, he was taxiing the airplane to the Marathon fixed-base operator, and the left wing tip collided with an unmarked and unlit brick structure, which was located at the edge of taxiway C. The impact damaged the airplane's fuselage and left wing.
Factual narrative
On March 6, 2002, about 2300 eastern standard time, a Cessna 172M, N1446V, registered to Airtech Inc., and operated by Palm Beach Flight Training Inc., as a Title 14 CFR part 91 personal flight, impacted a structure while taxiing at Kissimmee, Florida. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed, and no flight plan was filed. The private-rated pilot was not injured, and the airplane incurred substantial damage. The flight originated in Lantana, Florida, the same day, about 2230.
The pilot, an Irish citizen, stated in a report to the operator of the airplane that after landing on runway 06 at Kissimmee, Florida, he was taxiing the airplane to the Marathon fixed-base operator, and the left wing tip collided with an unmarked and unlit brick structure, which was located at the edge of taxiway C. The impact damaged the airplane's fuselage and left wing.
This accident was initially reported to the NTSB by the Kissimmee Airport Manager on October 10, 2003. After the NTSB initiated an investigation, the accident was subsequently reported by the operator on October 30, 2003.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1446V
- Reported as
- Cessna 172M
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- L-38587-27A
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-E2D, 150 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Palm Beach Flight Training Inc.,
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Departed
- LNA · Lantana, FL
- Destination
- ISM · Kissimmee, FL
- Airport
- ISM · Kissimmee Municipal
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
- Injuries
- None
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Last flight review
- November 16, 2001
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 82 total · 82 in this make and model · 23 as pilot in command · 5 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Night
- Wind
- 50° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 10,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 61 °F, dew point 54 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.29 inHg
- Observed at
- ORL
Docket · 2
The files NTSB released with the investigation on February 9, 2004, on NTSB’s docket system: statements, records, photos and specialists’ reports. 863 KB 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.