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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event ERA20CA140

2020-01-08 Palm Coast, Florida, United States Airport · FIN None 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Aircraft involved

Probable cause & findings

The student pilot's failure to allow adequate separation when passing the parked airplane, which resulted in a ground collision.

Factual narrative

A student pilot was taxiing his airplane into the runup area at what he thought was a safe distance from another airplane that was performing a runup. The moving airplane's left wing contacted the stationary airplane's propeller, resulting in substantial damage to the moving airplane's left wing. Neither pilot reported any preaccident mechanical failures or malfunctions with their respective airplanes that would have precluded normal operation. Source: NTSB Aviation Accident Database Retrieved: 2026-02-12

NTSB Findings

Hierarchical cause / factor breakdown from the FAA bulk avdata database. Each finding tagged C (Cause) or F (Factor).

  • C Personnel issues-Psychological-Attention/monitoring-Task monitoring/vigilance-Pilot - C
  • Personnel issues-Psychological-Attention/monitoring-Monitoring environment-Pilot
  • Aircraft-Aircraft oper/perf/capability-(general)-(general)-Not attained/maintained
  • C Personnel issues-Psychological-Attention/monitoring-Task monitoring/vigilance-Pilot of other aircraft - C

Verbatim from NTSB's published report. Source file NTSB_2020_ERA20CA140.txt. Findings + structured fields enriched from FAA avall.mdb. Full investigation docket on data.ntsb.gov ↗.