Textron 172S N679ER

Summary

On 7 November 2024 at about 13:42 local time, a Textron 172S registered N679ER, operated by Embry Riddle Aeronautical University Inc, was involved in an accident near Prescott, Arizona, 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

7 November 2024 at 13:42

Classification

Accident

Location

Prescott, Arizona, United States

Nearest airport

Prescott Regional/Ernest A Lov (KPRC)

Coordinates

34.6548, -112.4192

Aircraft

Textron 172S

Registration

N679ER

Category

Airplane

Year built

2021

Engines

1

Operator

Embry Riddle Aeronautical University Inc

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Instructional

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Dawn

NTSB number

WPR25LA032

Nobody was injured.

The flight instructor’s failure to maintain clearance from a fence during taxi. Contributing to the accident was the low light conditions and obstacles adjacent to the deice bay.

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

Read the full NTSB narrative

The flight instructor and pilot undergoing instruction were preparing for a pre-sunrise instructional flight. The airplane was standing at an unlit deice bay adjacent to a hangar, parked airplane, and a chain-link fence. As the flight instructor attempted to maneuver around the parked airplane and taxi out of the deice bay, the right wing impacted the top of the chain-link fence. The airplane sustained substantial damage to the right wing. The pilots reported there were no preaccident mechanical failures or malfunctions with the airplane that would have precluded normal operation.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.