Pilot Debrief

Cessna 172 near Palm Coast, FL — 2020-01-08

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Date
2020-01-08
Location
Palm Coast, FL, USA
Airport
FIN
Aircraft
Cessna 172
Registration
N536ND
Category
Airplane
Highest injury
None
Fatalities
0

Probable cause

The student pilot's failure to allow adequate separation when passing the parked airplane, which resulted in a ground collision.

NTSB narrative

A student pilot was taxiing his airplane into the runup area at what he thought was a safe distance from another airplane that was performing a runup. The moving airplane's left wing contacted the stationary airplane's propeller, resulting in substantial damage to the moving airplane's left wing. Neither pilot reported any preaccident mechanical failures or malfunctions with their respective airplanes that would have precluded normal operation.

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