- Date
- July 17, 2003, 13:30 local (19:30 UTC)
- Place
- Idaho Falls, ID
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Taxi
- Aircraft
- N758LWCessna R172K
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report November 25, 2003
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 20030717017269A
- Case key
- 57614
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Probable cause
The pilot's failure to see and avoid a parked aircraft while taxiing.
Sequence of events
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Analysis
The private pilot reported that while taxiing, from the parking area to the active runway, he encountered another airplane taxiing in the opposite direction on the same taxiway. He reported that while maneuvering to the left to avoid the oncoming traffic, he inadvertently collided with a parked aircraft. The taxiing airplane's left wing contacted the right wing of the parked airplane.
Factual narrative
On July 17, 2003, about 1330 mountain daylight time, a Cessna R172K, N758LW, sustained substantial damage during an on-ground collision with a parked, unoccupied, Cessna 182 while taxiing to the active runway (20) at the Idaho Falls Regional Airport, Idaho Falls, Idaho. The airplane was being operated as a visual flight rules (VFR) personal flight under the provisions of Title 14, CFR Part 91, when the accident occurred. The private pilot, the sole occupant of the airplane, was not injured.
In a written statement, the pilot reported that while taxiing from the parking area to the active runway, he encountered another airplane taxiing in the opposite direction on the same taxiway. He reported that while maneuvering to the left to avoid the oncoming traffic, he inadvertently collided with a parked aircraft. The taxiing airplane's left wing contacted the right wing of the parked airplane.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N758LW
- Reported as
- Cessna R172K
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- R1723190
- Engine
- Continental IO-360-KB, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Freddie L. Sermon
- Registered owner
- Avcenter, Inc
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Utility; Standard, Normal
- Departed
- Idaho Falls, ID
- Airport
- IDA · Fanning Field, runway IDA
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Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 46
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3
- Flight hours
- 216 total · 186 in this make and model · 43 in the last 90 days · 12 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.