Cessna 172M N955PT

Summary

On 8 December 2023 at about 17:02 local time, a Cessna 172M registered N955PT, operated by Pilot Training Center LLC, was involved in an accident near Miami, Florida, 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.

Date

8 December 2023 at 17:02

Classification

Accident

Location

Miami, Florida, United States

Nearest airport

Miami Executive Airport (TMB)

Coordinates

25.6494, -80.4366

Aircraft

Cessna 172M

Registration

N955PT

Category

Airplane

Year built

1974

Engines

1

Operator

Pilot Training Center LLC

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Instructional

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

ERA24LA062

Nobody was injured.

The business jet flight crew’s failure to appropriately position their airplane to mitigate the impact of their extended duration, high-power engine run, and their failure to adequately communicate these factors to air traffic control, which resulted in the accident airplane encountering their jet blast while taxiing.

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

Read the full NTSB narrative

The flight crew of a business jet airplane had taxied to a runup area on the airport after their airplane had been over-fueled, as they needed to burn off the excess fuel before they could depart. The crew did not otherwise specifically advise air traffic control that they would be performing a high-power engine run for an extended duration. The exhaust of the business jet’s engines was directed toward a taxiway that passed behind the runup area. The flight instructor and student pilot onboard the accident airplane reported that, as they taxied toward the runup area and behind the business jet, their airplane was blown across the taxiway by the jet blast from the business jet, resulting in substantial damage to the airplane’s left wing when it contacted the ground.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.