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ERA22LA252

2022-04-26 · Daytona Beach, Florida, United States · None · 1 aircraft · Status: Completed

Airport 7FL6

Current FAA registration · N32042

Make / Model
PIPER PA-28-151
Year of manufacture
1974 · 48 years old at event
Engine
LYCOMING 0-320 SERIES (180 hp)
Seats / Engines
4 seats · 1 engine
Last airworthiness date
19740920
ADS-B equipped
Yes — Mode-S A3714F

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

Probable cause & findings

Pilot’s failure to maintain clearance from a forklift while taxiing.

Factual narrative

The private pilot was taxiing through a private residential flying community on a taxiway that was bordered by residential homes and hangers when he came across an airplane off his right side, and a commercial forklift that was working on a hangar door to his left. The pilot maneuvered further left to avoid the airplane but struck the forklift with his left wing. The impact spun his airplane left into the bushes and resulted in substantial damage; it sheared off about 9 inches of the outboard wing and resulted in the left wing canting aft, further damaging the airframe. The pilot stated that there were no mechanical malfunctions or failures that would have precluded normal operation. Source: NTSB Aviation Accident Database Retrieved: 2026-02-12

NTSB Findings

FAA avdata. C = Cause, F = Factor.

  • — Personnel issues-Psychological-Attention/monitoring-Monitoring environment-Pilot
  • — Environmental issues-Physical environment-Object/animal/substance-Ground vehicle-Awareness of condition

Verbatim from NTSB's published report. Source file NTSB_2022_ERA22LA252.txt. Findings + structured fields enriched from FAA avall.mdb. Full investigation docket on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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