- Date
- May 17, 2005, 16:30 local (20:30 UTC)
- Place
- Islip, NY
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Taxi
- Aircraft
- N9344LCessna 172P
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report January 31, 2006
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- Parties
- FAA/FSDO
- FAA report
- 20050517032959A
- Case key
- 62047
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
On this page
Probable cause
The pilot's failure to maintain clearance from a parked vehicle 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
As the pilot taxied from his parking spot, he made a left 90-degree turn, onto a taxiway. As the turn was completed, the airplane's right wing struck a parked vehicle.
Factual narrative
On May 17, 2005, at 1630 eastern daylight time, a Cessna 172P, N9344L, operated by the Civil Air Patrol, was substantially damaged when it struck a vehicle while taxiing at the Long Island MacArthur Airport (ISP), Islip, New York. The certificated private pilot was not injured. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed and no flight plan was filed for the local flight conducted under 14 CFR Part 91.
According to the Civil Air Patrol, as the pilot taxied from his parking spot, he made a left 90-degree turn, onto a taxiway. As the turn was completed, the airplane's right wing struck a parked vehicle.
The pilot failed to respond to several requests made by the Safety Board, for his statement regarding the accident.
Examination of the airplane by a Federal Aviation Administration inspector revealed the airplane sustained substantial damage to the right wing.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9344L
- Reported as
- Cessna 172P
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 17276543
- Airframe hours
- 4,624
- Engine
- Lycoming O-360-A4M, 180 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Civil Air Patrol
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · March 1, 2005 · 20 hours before
- Departed
- ISP · Islip, NY
- Destination
- ISP
- Airport
- ISP · Long Island MacArthur Airport
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
- 52
- Injuries
- None
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, With waivers/limitations
- Last flight review
- February 1, 2004
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 292 total · 27 in this make and model · 16 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 210° at 9 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 63 °F, dew point 43 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.03 inHg
- Observed at
- ISP
Docket · 2
The files NTSB released with the investigation on November 4, 2005, on NTSB’s docket system: statements, records, photos and specialists’ reports. 248 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.