Probable cause
The student pilot's failure to maintain separation from a hangar building while taxiing. Contributing to the accident was the hangar building.
NTSB analysis
The student pilot reported that the flight was conducted to meet with the examiner for a check ride. He stated that after arriving at the destination airport, while taxiing to a parking spot for the airplane, the right wing tip struck a hangar building. The pilot noted on his report that the right wing tip and wing spar were damaged.
Text from the NTSB. Open the NTSB docket for CEN09CA017 for the full record.
Event
- Date
- Oct 13, 2008
- Type
- Accident
- Place
- Delphi, Indiana
- Nearest airport
- Delphi Municipal Airport (1I9)
- Highest injury
- None
- Weather
- Visual (VMC)
- Light
- Day
Cessna 172P
- N-number
- N63366
- Category
- Airplane
- Damage
- Substantial
- Operating rule
- Part 91 (general aviation)
- Purpose of flight
- Personal
From the NTSB aviation accident database: N-registered aircraft, events since 2008, data through Oct 28, 2026. The file is published monthly, so the latest weeks are incomplete and recent records can change. The official source is the NTSB aviation investigation search. CheckAero is independent and not affiliated with the NTSB.