ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 138874
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| Date: | Saturday 24 September 2011 |
| Time: | 13:30 |
| Type: |  Cessna 172R |
| Owner/operator: | Rhm Holdings Llc |
| Registration: | N72566 |
| MSN: | 17281012 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Houston, TX -
 United States of America
|
| Phase: | Taxi |
| Nature: | Training |
| Departure airport: | Houston, TX (EFD) |
| Houston, TX (EFD) | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
After landing, the pilot was cleared to taxi his tailwheel-equipped airplane to the ramp and was aware that another airplane would be in front of him as he taxied. As he crossed over an active runway onto the taxiway, he steered straight ahead and did not perform any s-turns to maintain visual contact of the airplane ahead of him. As he cleared the runway, he looked down to change his radio frequency and suddenly realized that he needed to look out for the airplane in front of him. When he looked up, he saw the right wingtip of the other airplane and did not have time to stop before he collided into its tail. The collision resulted in substantial damage to the lower right wing spar. The other airplane sustained substantial damage to the entire tail section including the vertical stabilizer, the rudder, the horizontal stabilizer, and the empennage.
Probable Cause: The pilot’s failure to maintain visual contact while taxiing.
Sources:
NTSB
FAA register: https://www.ntsb.gov/aviationquery/brief.aspx?ev_id=20110926X11025&key=2
http://registry.faa.gov/aircraftinquiry/NNum_Results.aspx?NNumbertxt=N72566
http://www.pbase.com/johncrossphotography/image/57829617
Location
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 01-Oct-2011 01:15 | Geno | Added |
| 21-Dec-2016 19:26 | ASN Update Bot | Updated [Time, Damage, Category, Investigating agency] |
| 27-Nov-2017 17:12 | ASN Update Bot | Updated [Operator, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
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