NTSB ERA25LA117 — 2025-02-05 · Fort Myers, Florida, United States

Current FAA registration · N94JA

Make / Model: CESSNA 172R
Year of manufacture: 1998 · 27 years old at event
Engine: LYCOMING I0360 SER A&C (200 hp)
Seats / Engines: 4 seats · 1 engine
Last airworthiness date: 19980820
ADS-B equipped: Yes — Mode-S AD0B98

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

N94JA Cessna 172 None

Probable cause & findings

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

Factual 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. Source: NTSB Aviation Accident Database Retrieved: 2026-02-12

NTSB Findings

FAA avdata. C = Cause, F = Factor.

— Personnel issues-Psychological-Attention/monitoring-Monitoring environment-Student/instructed pilot
— Environmental issues-Physical environment-Object/animal/substance-Ground vehicle-Decision related to condition

Verbatim from NTSB's published report. Source file NTSB_2025_ERA25LA117.txt. Findings + structured fields enriched from FAA avall.mdb. Full investigation docket on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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