- Date
- November 5, 2018, 10:19 local (17:19 UTC)
- Place
- Chandler, AZ
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Phase of flight
- Standing
- Defining events
- Standing-engine(s) operating: Ground collisionTaxi-to runway: Ground collision
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- Investigation class
- Class 3
- NTSB office
- Western Pacific Region
- Parties
- Federal Aviation Administration
- FAA report
- 20181105021502A
- Case key
- 98676
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 student pilot’s failure to maintain a safe distance from the other airplane while taxiing, resulting in a ground collision.
Findings · 3
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.
N9299B · Piper PA28
N419PA · Piper PA28
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.
N9299B · Piper PA28
N419PA · Piper PA28
Analysis
On November 5, 2018, about 1019 mountain standard time, a Piper PA28-181, N419PA, and a Piper PA28-181, N9299B, collided on the ground at Chandler Municipal Airport (CHD), Chandler, Arizona. The student pilot in N419PA, and the student pilot and airline transport pilot onboard N9299B were not injured. Both airplanes were operated by AeroGuard Flight Training Center under the provisions of Title 14 Code of Federal Regulations Part 91. According to the operator, the student pilot had landed and was taxiing back to the runway for takeoff. The pilot of the second airplane was undergoing a practical test and his airplane was stationary as he completed pre-takeoff checks in the run-up area. The student arrived at the run-up area, completed his pre-takeoff checks, and subsequently attempted to taxi around the left side of the second airplane, during which his right wing impacted the trailing edge of the second airplane’s left wing. Examination of both airplanes by a Federal Aviation Administration inspector, revealed that N9299B sustained substantial damage to the left aileron, while N419PA sustained minor damage to the right wing.
Factual narrative
On November 5, 2018, about 1019 mountain standard time, a Piper PA28-181, N419PA, and a Piper PA28-181, N9299B, collided on the ground at Chandler Municipal Airport (CHD), Chandler, Arizona. The student pilot onboard N419PA, and the student pilot and airline transport pilot onboard N9299B were not injured. Both airplanes were operated by AeroGuard Flight Training Center under the provisions of Title 14 Code of Federal Regulations Part 91. According to the operator, the student pilot had landed and was taxiing back to the runway for takeoff. The pilot of the second airplane was undergoing a practical test and his airplane was stationary as he completed pre-takeoff checks in the run-up area. The student arrived at the run-up area, completed his pre-takeoff checks, and subsequently attempted to taxi around the left side of the second airplane, during which his right wing impacted the trailing edge of the second airplane’s left wing. Examination of both airplanes by a Federal Aviation Administration inspector, revealed that N9299B sustained substantial damage to the left aileron, while N419PA sustained minor damage to the right wing.
Aircraft · 2
- Registration
- N9299B
- Reported as
- Piper PA28 (181)
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 2843116
- Built
- 1998
- Airframe hours
- 19,272
- Engine
- Lycoming O-360-A4M, 180 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Operator
- Aeroguard Flight Training Center
- Registered owner
- Bird Acquisition Llc
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- AAIP · November 1, 2018
- Departed
- CHD · Chandler, AZ
- Destination
- CHD · Chandler, AZ
- Flight plan
- VFR
- Airport
- CHD · Chandler Muni, runway 04L, 4,401 × 75 ft, asphalt
- Equipment
- None
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.
- Registration
- N419PA
- Reported as
- Piper PA28 (181)
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 2843413
- Built
- 2000
- Engine
- Lycoming O-360-A1D, 180 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Operator
- Aeroguard Flight Training Center
- Registered owner
- Bird Acquisition LLC
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Departed
- RYN · Tucson, AZ
- Destination
- RYN · Tucson, AZ
- Flight plan
- VFR
- Airport
- CHD · Chandler Muni, runway 04L, 4,401 × 75 ft, asphalt
- Equipment
- ADS-B, Electronic flight bag or handheld device
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 · 3
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Student pilot, aircraft N9299B
- Age
- 23
- Injuries
- None
- Certificate
- Student
- Medical
- Class 3, Without waivers/limitations
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 109 total · 109 in this make and model · 10 as pilot in command · 52 in the last 90 days · 17 in the last 30 days · 0 in the last 24 hours
- Role
- Check pilot, aircraft N9299B
- Injuries
- None
- Certificate
- Airline transport
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land, Single-engine sea
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, With waivers/limitations
- Seat
- Right
- Restraint
- 3-point
- Role
- Student pilot, aircraft N419PA
- Age
- 25
- Injuries
- None
- Certificate
- Student
- Medical
- Class 1, With waivers/limitations
- Seat
- Left
- Restraint
- 3-point
- Flight hours
- 87.5 total · 87.5 in this make and model · 9.8 as pilot in command · 50 in the last 90 days · 26.1 in the last 30 days · 2.5 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Temperature
- 68 °F, dew point 41 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.92 inHg
- Observed at
- CHD
Docket · 2
The files NTSB released with the investigation on August 19, 2021, on NTSB’s docket system: statements, records, photos and specialists’ reports. 4.0 MB 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.