- Date
- January 16, 1991, 16:00 local (21:00 UTC)
- Place
- New Smyrna Bch, FL
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Taxi
- Aircraft
- N215ERCessna 172N
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report March 31, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19910116002249A
- Case key
- 32812
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Probable cause
Failure of the CFI to maintain clearance between the right wing tip and a telephone pole.
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.
On ground/water collision with object
Object - pole
Clearance - not maintainedCause
Analysis
The student pilot was taxiing on the ramp near a building. The CFI took control and cleared the building, but the right wing collided with a pole.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N215ER
- Reported as
- Cessna 172N
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 17271822
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-D2J, 160 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Operator
- Embry-Riddle Aero. Univ., Inc.
- Registered owner
- Embry-Riddle Aero. Univ., Inc.
- Departed
- DAB · Daytona Beach, FL
- Airport
- 34J · New Smyrna Bch Municipal
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 25
- Certificates
- Commercial, Flight instructor
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 1,084 total · 1,010 in this make and model · 904 as pilot in command · 53 in the last 90 days · 11 in the last 30 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 240° at 14 knots
- Visibility
- 7 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 3,200 ft broken
- Temperature
- -0 °F, dew point -0 °F
- Observed at
- DAB, 10 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.