ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 286839
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| Date: | Saturday 4 July 2009 |
| Time: | 10:45 LT |
| Type: |  Cessna 172RG |
| Owner/operator: | Ameriflyers Of Florida LLC |
| Registration: | N751DW |
| MSN: | 172RG1002 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1981 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 10489 hours |
| Engine model: | Lycoming O360 F1A6 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Morristown, New Jersey -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Taxi |
| Nature: | Training |
| Departure airport: | Montgomery-Orange County Airport, NY (MGJ/KMGJ) |
| Morristown Municipal Airport, NJ (MMU/KMMU) | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
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.
Probable Cause: The pilot's failure to maintain clearance from a parked aircraft during taxi operations.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB ERA09CA391
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 10 November 2014 | N751DW | Ameriflyers of Florida | 0 | David Wayne Hooks Memorial Airport (KDWH), Houston, TX | |
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| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
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| 03-Oct-2022 16:52 | ASN Update Bot | Added |
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