ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 175150
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| Date: | Saturday 14 February 2004 |
| Time: | 19:00 |
| Type: |  Cessna 172S |
| Owner/operator: | The Flight School of Palm Springs |
| Registration: | N262TA |
| MSN: | 172S9262 |
| Year of manufacture: | 2002 |
| Engine model: | Lycoming IO-360-L2A |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Riverside, CA -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Taxi |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Palm Springs, CA (PSP) |
| Riverside, CA (RAL) | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
The airplane departed the taxiway and collided with terrain while taxiing from landing. After taxiing off the runway, the controller cleared the pilot to taxi to the ramp area. He was unfamiliar with the airport and requested further instructions. In an effort to comply with what he thought the controller was telling him to do, he departed the taxiway. He continued down a grassy area and collided with a median. The pilot reported no preimpact mechanical malfunctions or failures with the airplane.
Probable Cause: the pilot's inadequate visual lookout, which resulted in his failure to maintain proper alignment with the taxiway. Factors in the accident were the dusk lighting conditions and pilot not understanding the ground control taxi clearance.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB: https://www.ntsb.gov/_layouts/ntsb.aviation/brief.aspx?ev_id=20040306X00285&key=1
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 1 October 2022 | N262TA | Svetfur Aviation LLC | 3 | Hermantown, MN | |
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Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 06-Apr-2015 18:34 | Noro | Added |
| 21-Dec-2016 19:30 | ASN Update Bot | Updated [Time, Damage, Category, Investigating agency] |
| 07-Dec-2017 17:42 | ASN Update Bot | Updated [Other fatalities, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
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