Cessna 172 N94JA

Summary

On 5 February 2025 at about 13:30 local time, a Cessna 172 registered N94JA, operated by Yoanna Flight School, was involved in an accident near Fort Myers, Florida, United States. One person was 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

5 February 2025 at 13:30

Classification

Accident

Location

Fort Myers, Florida, United States

Nearest airport

Page Fld (FMY)

Coordinates

26.5817, -81.8636

Aircraft

Cessna 172

Registration

N94JA

Category

Airplane

Year built

1998

Engines

1

Operator

Yoanna Flight School

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Instructional

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

ERA25LA117

Nobody was injured.

The student pilot’s failure to maintain clearance from a truck while taxiing.

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

Read the full NTSB narrative

The student pilot was taxiing to the ramp after her second solo flight. As she entered the ramp area and taxied along the painted centerline, she misjudged the clearance between the airplane’s wingtip and a parked work truck, and the outboard portion of the airplane’s right wing struck the truck. The airplane pivoted right and the propeller impacted the back of the truck before coming to rest. The airplane’s right wing was substantially damaged. The pilot reported that there were no preaccident mechanical malfunctions or failures with the airplane that would have precluded normal operation.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.