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ERA24LA062

2023-12-08 · Miami, Florida, United States · None · 1 aircraft · Status: Completed

Airport TMB

Current FAA registration · N955PT

Make / Model
CESSNA 172M
Year of manufacture
1974 · 49 years old at event
Engine
LYCOMING 0-320 SERIES (180 hp)
Seats / Engines
4 seats · 1 engine
Last airworthiness date
19741227
ADS-B equipped
Yes — Mode-S AD4891

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

Probable cause & findings

The business jet flight crew’s failure to appropriately position their airplane to mitigate the impact of their extended duration, high-power engine run, and their failure to adequately communicate these factors to air traffic control, which resulted in the accident airplane encountering their jet blast while taxiing.

Factual narrative

The flight crew of a business jet airplane had taxied to a runup area on the airport after their airplane had been over-fueled, as they needed to burn off the excess fuel before they could depart. The crew did not otherwise specifically advise air traffic control that they would be performing a high-power engine run for an extended duration. The exhaust of the business jet’s engines was directed toward a taxiway that passed behind the runup area. The flight instructor and student pilot onboard the accident airplane reported that, as they taxied toward the runup area and behind the business jet, their airplane was blown across the taxiway by the jet blast from the business jet, resulting in substantial damage to the airplane’s left wing when it contacted the ground. Source: NTSB Aviation Accident Database Retrieved: 2026-02-12

NTSB Findings

FAA avdata. C = Cause, F = Factor.

  • — Personnel issues-Task performance-Communication (personnel)-Accuracy of communication-Pilot of other aircraft
  • — Personnel issues-Action/decision-Info processing/decision-Understanding/comprehension-Pilot of other aircraft

Verbatim from NTSB's published report. Source file NTSB_2023_ERA24LA062.txt. Findings + structured fields enriched from FAA avall.mdb. Full investigation docket on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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