NTSB CAROL · Event
Event ATL96LA038
Registry · N53588
FAA Aircraft Registry record.
Make / Model
CESSNA 172P
Year of manufacture
1981 · 15 years old at event
Engine
LYCOMING 0-320 SERIES (180 hp)
Seats / Engines
4 seats · 1 engine
Last airworthiness date
19810313
ADS-B equipped
Yes — Mode-S A6C691
Registrant of record
DAVIS CHARLES
Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).
Aircraft involved
Probable cause & findings
the pilot-in-command's excessive taxi speed and his failure to maintain adequate clearance from obstacles.
Factual narrative
On January 23, 1996 at 1132 eastern standard time a Cessna 172, N53588, collided with a hangar while taxing to parking at Orlando/Sanford Airport, Sanford, Florida. The flight had departed from the Orlando/Sanford Airport at 1030 eastern standard time on this same date, and no flight plan was filed. Neither of the two pilots were injured and the airplane was substantially damaged. The airplane was operated under Title 14 CFR Part 91, by the pilot in the right seat. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed at the time and the ramp was dry. The pilot taxing the airplane reported that he misjudged the parking space by approximately four inches, and collided with a hangar. The safety pilot reported that the pilot in command (PIC) was taxing a bit fast and was not watching the left wing. She told the PIC to slow down, and she tapped the brakes as the PIC swung out to avoid a tie down. The left wingtip then struck the hangar. While the pilot tried to avoid an aircraft tie-down, the airplane's left wingtip impacted a hangar. The safety pilot reported that the pilot-in-command's taxi speed was excessive, and she told him to slow down and tapped the brakes. Source: NTSB Aviation Accident Database (Pre-2008 Archive) Retrieved: 2026-02-12
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NTSB_1996_ATL96LA038.txt.
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- NASA NTRS 2019 · Conference Paper
Crash Testing and Simulation of a Cessna 172 Aircraft: Pitch Down Impact Onto Soft Soil
During the summer of 2015, NASA Langley Research Center conducted three full-scale crash tests of Cessna 172 (C-172) aircraft at the NASA Langley Landing and Impact Research (LandIR) Facility.
- NASA NTRS 2019 · Technical Memorandum (TM)
Simulating the Impact Response of Three Full-Scale Crash Tests of Cessna 172 Aircraft
During the summer of 2015, a series of three full-scale crash tests were performed at the Landing and Impact Research Facility located at NASA Langley Research Center of Cessna 172 aircraft.
- Embry-Riddle Scholarly Commons 2023 · Conference paper
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- Semantic Scholar 2021 · Article (Data in Brief)
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- Semantic Scholar 2021 · Article (Safety Science)
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- Embry-Riddle Scholarly Commons 2021 · Journal article (JAAER)
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