- Date
- March 2, 2013, 10:30 local (17:30 UTC)
- Place
- Nampa, ID
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Standing
- Aircraft
- N8713UCessna 172F
- Defining event
- Standing-engine(s) operating: Ground collision
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report June 24, 2013
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office
- Western Pacific Region
- Parties
- Federal Aviation Administration
- Case key
- 86362
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Probable cause
The failure of the pilot of another airplane, who was taxiing with no intent for flight, to maintain proper visual lookout.
Findings · 1
NTSB’s coded findings. Those marked are part of the probable cause; the rest are factors or other findings. Under each, the cases with the same finding.
Sequence of events
The events NTSB coded, in order, by phase of flight. The defining event is the one that best describes the accident. Under each, the cases with the same event anywhere in their sequence.
Analysis
While waiting in the run-up area to taxi onto the runway, the pilot of the Cessna heard a loud noise and felt his airplane move. He shut down the engine and, after getting out of the airplane, he observed that the left wing of a Piper had collided with the left side of the Cessna’s rudder and vertical stabilizer, tipping the vertical stabilizer to the right and twisting and buckling the fuselage. The pilot of the Piper reported that, while he was taxiing to get fuel with no intent for flight, he saw the tail of the Cessna directly in front of him. He applied right brake action and swiveled his airplane to avoid directly hitting the Cessna with the propeller. The pilot added that he had no idea why he was unable to see the Cessna in time to avoid the collision.
Factual narrative
While standing in the run-up area waiting to taxi onto the runway, the pilot of the Cessna heard a loud noise and felt movement of his airplane. He shut the engine down and got out to see that the left wing of a tail-wheel equipped Piper had collided with the left side of the Cessna’s rudder and vertical stabilizer. The pilot of the Piper reported that he was taxiing to get fuel, with no intent for flight, and as he turned off the taxiway to the run up pad in order to run the engine prior to getting fuel, he saw the tail of the Cessna directly in front of him. He applied right brake action and swiveled his aircraft to avoid a direct collision with his propeller. The pilot added that he had no idea of why he wasn’t able to see the Cessna in time to avoid the collision.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8713U
- Reported as
- Cessna 172F
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 17252617
- Airframe hours
- 3,558
- Engine
- Continental O-300, 165 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Jeffery L Winters
- Registered owner
- Jeffery L or Calinda S Winters
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · June 19, 2012 · 71 hours before
- Departed
- MAN · Nampa, ID
- Destination
- MAN · Nampa, ID
- Airport
- MAN · Nampa Airport, runway 11, asphalt
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
- 58
- Injuries
- None
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, With waivers/limitations
- Last flight review
- February 21, 2013
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 894 total · 372 in this make and model · 8 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 160° at 9 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 46 °F, dew point 32 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.31 inHg
- Observed at
- EUL
Docket · 3
The files NTSB released with the investigation on April 19, 2013, on NTSB’s docket system: statements, records, photos and specialists’ reports. 3.9 MB in all.