# NTSB MIA82DA098: Cessna 172, N23ER, Ormond Beach, FL, April 2, 1982

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Final report
- Date: April 1, 1982, 20:20 local (Apr 2, 1982, 01:20 UTC)
- Place: Ormond Beach, FL
- Location: 29.3011° N, 81.1138° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at ORMOND BEACH MUNI (OMN), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.3011&lon=-81.1138&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Taxi](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/250) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report April 1, 1983
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 69197
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=MIA82DA098
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/69197/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA82DA098

## Sequence of events

In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf).

- On ground/water collision with object, taxi - to takeoff
  - parking brakes - inattentive, pilot in command (contributing factor)
  - diverted attention, pilot in command (cause)
  - object - aircraft parked/standing

## Analysis

AFTER LANDING THE AIRCRAFT, ONE OF SIX ON A NIGHT CROSS-COUNTRY FLIGHT, THE PILOT TAXIED BACK TO THE APPROACH END OF THE RUNWAY FOR TAKEOFF. N129ER WAS PARKED AT THE APPROACH END AWAITING TAKEOFF SEQUENCE SO THE PILOT OF N23ER STOPPED ABOUT 30 YARDS BEHIND IT AND SET THE BRAKES. HE THEN STARTED TO STUDY THE AIRPORT DIAGRAM WHICH WAS LYING ON THE OPPOSITE SEAT. N23ER COLLIDED WITH THE TAIL OF N129ER BEFORE THE PILOT COULD STOP HIS AIRCRAFT.

## Aircraft

- Registration: N23ER (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 71301
- Airframe hours: 3178
- Engines: LYCOMING O-320-D2J 160 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Instructional, Part 91
- Operator: Embry-Riddle Aeronautical Univ
- Registered owner: Embry-Riddle Aeronautical Univ
- Departed: OMN, ORMOND BEACH, FL
- Destination: DAYTONA BEACH, FL
- Airport: OMN, Ormond Beach, runway 5, 4,000 × 0 ft, macadam

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 18; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land; medical: class 2, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; flight hours: 72 total, 72 in this make and model, 29 as pilot in command, 5 in the last 90 days, 1 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Night/dark
- Wind: 120° at 4 knots
- Visibility: 7 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: 0 ft unknown
- Temperature: 153 °F, dew point 32 °F
- Altimeter: 30.00 inHg
- Observed at: OAB, 7 nm away

## 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 19820401011381A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19820401011381A), Apr 1, 1982: Cessna 172P, Ormond Beach, FL, Minor damage. Set parking brake on taxiway. Airplane moved forward into N129ER also awaiting takeoff sequence. Was looking at map

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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