- Date
- May 15, 1990, 14:05 local (18:05 UTC)
- Place
- Daytona Beach, FL
- Injuries
- 4 uninjured
- Phase of flight
- Taxi
- Aircraft
- N50072Boeing A75N1N171ERPiper PA-28-161
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report September 29, 1992
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA reports
- 19900515015721A19900515015722A
- Case key
- 32655
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Probable cause
The failure of the pilot of the tailwheel equipped airplane to maintain a visual lookout while taxiing.
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 of the tailwheel equipped airplane (Boeing A75N1, N50072) was seated in the rear seat. While taxiing for takeoff, the tailwheel equipped airplane struck the right wing of a Piper PA-28, N171ER, while its pilot was performing a runup. The pilot of the tailwheel equipped airplane stated that he did not see the other airplane.
Aircraft · 2
- Registration
- N50072
- Reported as
- Boeing A75N1
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 75-925
- Airframe hours
- 1,500
- Engine
- Continental W-670-6N, 220 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Hoyland, Raymond K.
- Registered owner
- Hoyland, Raymond
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · July 4, 1989 · 275 hours before
- Departed
- DAB · Daytona Beach, FL
- Airport
- DAB · Daytona Beach
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
- N171ER
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28-161
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320, 160 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Operator
- Embry Riddle University
- Registered owner
- Embry Riddle University
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Departed
- DAB · Dayton Beach, FL
- Flight plan
- IFR
- Airport
- DAB · Daytona Beach
Flight crew · 2
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot, aircraft N50072
- Age
- 41
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Rear
- Flight hours
- 1,400 total · 1,200 in this make and model · 1,300 as pilot in command · 75 in the last 90 days · 25 in the last 30 days · 3 in the last 24 hours
- Role
- Pilot, aircraft N171ER
- Age
- 28
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Right
- Flight hours
- 961 total · 500 in this make and model · 120 in the last 90 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 90° at 6 knots
- Visibility
- 7 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 81 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- DAB
FAA reports on this event · 2
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.
Other investigations on N50072 · 2
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.