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Cessna 172N N734BH

28 July 2024 · Immokalee, Florida, United States · No injuries

Summary

On 28 July 2024 at about 13:50 local time, a Cessna 172N registered N734BH, operated by Wayman Aviation Flight School, was involved in an accident near Immokalee, 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.

The record

Date
at 13:50
Classification
Accident
Location
Immokalee, Florida, United States
Nearest airport
IMMOKALEE Regional (IMM)
Coordinates
26.4219, -81.4033
Aircraft
Cessna 172N
Registration
N734BH
Category
Airplane
Year built
1977
Engines
1
Operator
Wayman Aviation Flight School
Operating rule
Part 91: General Aviation
Purpose of flight
Instructional
Phase of flight
Not recorded
Route
Unknown → Sebring
Aircraft damage
Substantial
Weather
VMC
Light
Day
NTSB number
ERA24LA336

People

Nobody was injured.

On board Died Serious Minor Uninjured
2 0 0 0 2

Probable cause

The student pilot’s (of the high wing airplane) inadequate visual lookout, which resulted in a ground collision with another airplane while taxiing.

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

Read the full NTSB narrative

The pilot of the low-wing airplane and the student pilot of the high-wing airplane both reported stopping for a short break while on solo, instructional, cross-country flights. After engine start, the pilot of the low-wing airplane reported checking for traffic in all directions before entering the taxiway and beginning his taxi toward the departing runway. The student pilot of the high-wing airplane reported checking for traffic to the right and announcing his taxi intentions over the common traffic advisory frequency, but did not look to his left before entering the taxiway. The pilot of the low-wing airplane could not recall if he heard the advisory statement nor if he made one of his own. The student pilot of the high-wing airplane did not see the low-wing airplane already established on the taxiway and coming from the left. As the student pilot of the high-wing airplane entered the taxiway the two airplanes collided. The low-wing airplane’s right wing impacted the high-wing airplane resulting in substantial damage to the low-wing and minor damage to the high-wing airplane. The pilot of each airplane reported that there were no preimpact mechanical malfunctions or failures with either airplane that would have precluded normal operation.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.

Aircraft involved

Aircraft Registration Operator Damage
Cessna 172N N734BH Wayman Aviation Flight School Substantial
Piper PA-28-161 N8580E Skyborne Airline Academy Inc Substantial

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