Pilot Debrief

CESSNA 172 near Honolulu, HI — 2008-07-30

Final reportLAX08LA283
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Date
2008-07-30
Location
Honolulu, HI, USA
Airport
PHNL
Aircraft
CESSNA 172
Registration
N5329L
Category
Airplane
Highest injury
None
Fatalities
0

Probable cause

The flight's encounter with the jet wash from a parked commercial airplane while taxiing for takeoff.

NTSB narrative

The certified flight instructor (CFI) and her student were taxiing southwest on taxiway Charlie when ground control told them to switch to the tower frequency and monitor. As they approached the intersection of Charlie and Delta taxiways, the airplane started to tip over, and through the left window they could feel the warm air of jet wash coming from a parked MD-11 airplane. The jet wash lifted the airplane up and dropped it down, the propeller struck the taxiway, and then the airplane spun around to the right pivoting on the right wing tip. The CFI shut the engine down and both her and the student egressed the airplane. The MD-11's cargo was live animals and the number 2 (tail) engine was being operated to provide power to cool the airplane. There was no requirement at the time for parked airplanes to notify ground control when starting an engine.

NTSB coding

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