Probable cause
The pilot's failure to maintain clearance from a parked aircraft during taxi operations.
NTSB analysis
At the completion of a local instructional flight, the flight instructor taxied the airplane from the right seat, "on centerline," with the engine power at idle. As he taxied between two parked airplanes, he struck the airplane parked to his right, and damaged the right wing rib of his airplane. The parked airplane sustained minor damage. The instructor said that he "let his guard down" and that there was nothing wrong with the performance and handling of his airplane.
Text from the NTSB. Open the NTSB docket for ERA09CA391 for the full record.
Event
- Date
- Jul 4, 2009
- Type
- Accident
- Place
- Morristown, New Jersey
- Nearest airport
- Morristown Municipal Airport (MMU)
- Highest injury
- None
- Weather
- Visual (VMC)
- Light
- Day
Cessna 172RG
- N-number
- N751DW
- Category
- Airplane
- Damage
- Substantial
- Operating rule
- Part 91 (general aviation)
- Purpose of flight
- Instructional
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