Cessna 172S N499DR
3 February 2016 · San Diego, California, United States · No injuries
Summary
On 3 February 2016 at about 19:30 local time, a Cessna 172S registered N499DR, operated by California Flight Academy, was involved in an accident near San Diego, California, United States. 4 people were on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was slightly damaged. The NTSB has published a probable cause for this accident; it is quoted in full below.
The record
- Date
- at 19:30
- Classification
- Accident
- Location
- San Diego, California, United States
- Nearest airport
- Gillespie Field Airport (SEE)
- Coordinates
- 32.8219, -116.9700
- Aircraft
- Cessna 172S
- Registration
- N499DR
- Category
- Airplane
- Year built
- 2002
- Engines
- 1
- Operator
- California Flight Academy
- Operating rule
- Part 91: General Aviation
- Purpose of flight
- Instructional
- Phase of flight
- Not recorded
- Route
- San Diego → San Diego
- Aircraft damage
- Minor
- Weather
- VMC
- Light
- Day
- NTSB number
- WPR16LA063
People
Nobody was injured.
| On board | Died | Serious | Minor | Uninjured |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
Probable cause
The flight instructor’s failure to maintain awareness while parked on the ramp with the engine operating, which resulted in impact with another parked airplane.
Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record. This site does not paraphrase or interpret it.
Read the full NTSB narrative
The flight instructor and student pilot were parked with the airplane's engine running when the airplane began to move forward and to the right. The instructor stated that upon noticing the forward movement, he applied the brakes. He reported that the right rudder/brake pedal was positioned further forward than the left pedal, and upon application of brakes, the right turn increased before the airplane impacted another occupied airplane parked on the ramp, resulting in substantial damage to both. The student pilot reported that he noticed the airplane's movement and tried to alert the instructor; however, the instructor appeared to be distracted. Postaccident examination of the brake system revealed no anomalies that would have precluded normal operation. It is likely that the airplane's nose wheel was initially displaced to the right, which resulted in the airplane's right turn.
Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.
Aircraft involved
| Aircraft | Registration | Operator | Damage |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cessna 172S | N499DR | California Flight Academy | Minor |
| Cessna 172S | N1955L | California Flight Academy | Substantial |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31 Mar 2016 | Cessna 172 | Madrid, Spain | - | Fatal | 3 |
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All 12,209 records for this type
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