- Date
- November 17, 2024, 13:10 local (20:10 UTC)
- Place
- Prescott, AZ
- Injuries
- 4 uninjured
- Phase of flight
- Taxi
- Defining events
- Taxi: Ground collisionStanding-engine(s) operating: Ground collision
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- Investigation class
- Class 4 - Basic report with no Prelim publish
- NTSB office
- Western Pacific Region
- Parties
- FAA FSDO
- Case key
- 195517
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Probable cause
The Remos pilot’s failure to maintain clearance from another airplane while taxiing, which resulted in a ground collision.
Findings · 5
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.
N126GX · Remos GX
N516ER · Cessna 172
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.
N126GX · Remos GX
N516ER · Cessna 172
Analysis
The pilot of the Remos reported while taxing to the run-up area, he misjudged the distance between his left wing and the Cessna that was performing a run-up within the run-up aera. The left wing of the Remos collided with the propeller of the other airplane, resulting in substantial damage to the left wing and aileron. The Cessna sustained minor damage to the propeller. The pilots of both airplanes reported that there were no preaccident mechanical malfunctions and failures with the airplanes that would have precluded normal operation.
Aircraft · 2
- Registration
- N126GX
- Reported as
- Remos GX
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 342
- Built
- 2009
- Airframe hours
- 2,690.6
- Engine
- Rotax 912ULS, 100 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Eagle Sport LLC, doing business as Fly Eagle Sport
- Registered owner
- Culprit Aviation LLC
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Special light-sport (Special)
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · October 2, 2024 · 77.8 hours before
- Destination
- KGEU · Glendale, AZ
- Airport
- PRC · Prescott Rgnl/Ernest A Love Fld
- Equipment
- Electronic flight bag or handheld device, Auto-pilot, ADS-B, Electronic primary flight display, Electronic multifunction display
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
- N516ER
- Reported as
- Cessna 172 (S)
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 172S12867
- Built
- 2022
- Airframe hours
- 1,920
- Engine
- Lycoming IO-360-L2A, 180 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Operator
- Embry Riddle Aeronautical University Inc, doing business as Embry Riddle Aeronautical University
- Registered owner
- Embry Riddle Aeronautical University Inc
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Continuous airworthiness · November 12, 2024 · 21 hours before
- Equipment
- Electronic multifunction display, Electronic flight bag or handheld device, Electronic primary flight display, Auto-pilot, ADS-B
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
- Pilot, aircraft N126GX
- Age
- 22
- Injuries
- None
- Certificate
- Sport Pilot
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Sport pilot
- Last flight review
- August 1, 2024
- Seat
- Left
- Restraint
- 4-point
- Flight hours
- 60.1 total · 46.2 in this make and model · 14.6 as pilot in command · 7.7 in the last 90 days · 2.9 in the last 30 days · 1.6 in the last 24 hours
- Role
- Pilot, aircraft N516ER
- Age
- 22
- Injuries
- None
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Without waivers/limitations
- Last flight review
- November 5, 2024
- Seat
- Right
- Restraint
- 3-point
- Flight hours
- 318 total · 318 in this make and model · 248 as pilot in command · 86 in the last 90 days · 47 in the last 30 days · 4 in the last 24 hours
- Role
- Student pilot, aircraft N516ER
- Age
- 18
- Injuries
- None
- Certificate
- Student
- Medical
- Class 1, Without waivers/limitations
- Seat
- Left
- Restraint
- 3-point
- Flight hours
- 74 total · 13 in this make and model · 0 as pilot in command · 13 in the last 90 days · 7 in the last 30 days · 0 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 40° at 4 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 54 °F, dew point 18 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.86 inHg
- Observed at
- KPRC, 1 nm away
- METAR
- KPRC 172153Z 04004KT 10SM SCT080 12/M08 A2986 RMK AO2 SLP089 T01171078 $=
Docket · 3
The files NTSB released with the investigation on April 22, 2025, on NTSB’s docket system: statements, records, photos and specialists’ reports. 6.8 MB in all.
Other investigations on N126GX · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.