Cessna 172P N63366
13 October 2008 · Delphi, Indiana, United States · No injuries
Summary
On 13 October 2008 at about 14:00 local time, a Cessna 172P registered N63366, operated by Lafayette Aviation Inc, was involved in an accident near Delphi, Indiana, United States. One person was on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. The NTSB has published a probable cause for this accident; it is quoted in full below.
The record
- Date
- at 14:00
- Classification
- Accident
- Location
- Delphi, Indiana, United States
- Nearest airport
- Delphi Municipal Airport (1I9)
- Coordinates
- 40.5428, -86.6817
- Aircraft
- Cessna 172P
- Registration
- N63366
- Category
- Airplane
- Engines
- 1
- Operator
- Lafayette Aviation Inc
- Operating rule
- Part 91: General Aviation
- Purpose of flight
- Personal
- Phase of flight
- Not recorded
- Route
- Lafayette → Delphi
- Aircraft damage
- Substantial
- Weather
- VMC
- Light
- Day
- NTSB number
- CEN09CA017
People
Nobody was injured.
| On board | Died | Serious | Minor | Uninjured |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Probable cause
The student pilot's failure to maintain separation from a hangar building while taxiing. Contributing to the accident was the hangar building.
Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record. This site does not paraphrase or interpret it.
Read the full NTSB narrative
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.
Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.
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