- Date
- July 16, 1991, 23:30 local (Jul 17, 1991, 03:30 UTC)
- Place
- Columbus, OH
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Taxi
- Aircraft
- N738VPCessna 172N
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Status
- Completed · report May 27, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19910716031089A
- Case key
- 36970
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
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Probable cause
The failure of the pilot to maintain an adequate visual lookout which resulted in a ground collision with a parked aircraft. Factors related to the accident was the failure of the pilot to taxi on the taxiway centerline and 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 was taxiing at night when he struck the tail of a parked airplane with his right wing. The FAA said the ramp area was not visible from the control tower. The pilot was using the taxi light, however his airplane was 60 feet to the right of the taxiway centerline when the collision occurred.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N738VP
- Reported as
- Cessna 172N
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 172270274
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320, 160 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Central Skyport, Inc.
- Registered owner
- Unk/Na
- Last inspection
- Unknown · January 2, 2000
- Departed
- SKY · Sandusky, OH
- Airport
- CMH · Columbus
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
- 30
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Flight hours
- 120 total · 30 in this make and model · 80 as pilot in command · 4 in the last 90 days · 4 in the last 30 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.