ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 199034
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| Date: | Wednesday 3 February 2016 |
| Time: | 11:30 |
| Type: |  Cessna 172S |
| Owner/operator: | California Flight Academy |
| Registration: | N499DR |
| MSN: | 172S9167 |
| Year of manufacture: | 2002 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 3629 hours |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Minor |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | San Diego, CA -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Standing |
| Nature: | Training |
| Departure airport: | San Diego, CA (SEE) |
| San Diego, CA (SEE) | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
The airplane was parked on the ramp with its engine not operating when another airplane taxied into it. The other airplane, with a flight instructor and a student pilot onboard, was parked with the engine running when it began to move forward and to the right. The instructor stated that upon noticing the forward movement, he applied the brakes. He reported that the right rudder/brake pedal was positioned further forward than the left pedal, and upon application of brakes, the right turn increased before the airplane impacted the parked airplane, resulting in substantial damage to both. The student pilot reported that he noticed the airplane’s movement and tried to alert the instructor; however, the instructor appeared to be distracted.
Postaccident examination of the brake system revealed no anomalies that would have precluded normal operation. It is likely that the airplane’s nose wheel was initially displaced to the right, which resulted in the airplane’s right turn when it began to move.
Probable Cause: The failure of the flight instructor of the other airplane to maintain awareness while parked on the ramp with the engine operating, which resulted in impact with the parked airplane.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
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Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
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| 19-Aug-2017 16:43 | ASN Update Bot | Added |
| 19-Aug-2017 16:43 | ASN Update Bot | Updated [Narrative] |
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