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Cessna 172RG N751DW

4 July 2009 · Morristown, New Jersey, United States · No injuries

Summary

On 4 July 2009 at about 15:45 local time, a Cessna 172RG registered N751DW, operated by Ameriflyers of Florida LLC, was involved in an accident near Morristown, New Jersey, United States. 2 people were 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 15:45
Classification
Accident
Location
Morristown, New Jersey, United States
Nearest airport
Morristown Municipal Airport (MMU)
Coordinates
40.7994, -74.4147
Aircraft
Cessna 172RG
Registration
N751DW
Category
Airplane
Engines
1
Operator
Ameriflyers of Florida LLC
Operating rule
Part 91: General Aviation
Purpose of flight
Instructional
Phase of flight
Not recorded
Route
Montgomery → Morristown
Aircraft damage
Substantial
Weather
VMC
Light
Day
NTSB number
ERA09CA391

People

Nobody was injured.

On board Died Serious Minor Uninjured
2 0 0 0 2

Probable cause

The pilot's failure to maintain clearance from a parked aircraft during taxi operations.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record. This site does not paraphrase or interpret it.

Read the full NTSB narrative

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.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.

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