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ERA25LA121

2025-02-15 · Syracuse, New York, United States · None · 1 aircraft · Status: Completed

Airport SYR

Current FAA registration · N1178F

Make / Model
CESSNA 172G
Year of manufacture
1966 · 59 years old at event
Engine
CONT MOTOR 0-300 SER (145 hp)
Seats / Engines
4 seats · 1 engine
Last airworthiness date
19660616
ADS-B equipped
Yes — Mode-S A049AA

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

Probable cause & findings

The truck driver’s to see and avoid the airplane, which resulted in a collision.

Factual narrative

The flight instructor and the student pilot had just been cleared to taxi from the ramp to the active runway. According to the instructor, as soon as they began to roll forward, an airport operations truck struck the airplane from the right, which resulted in substantial damage to an engine mount. According to the truck driver, had stopped on the service road, short the ramp. He described that there was a large snowbank on his left that obscured his field of vision. As he drove forward, and passed the snowbank, he impacted the airplane. A review of air traffic control (ATC) communications revealed that the truck driver was clear of the active movement area when the accident occurred and was no longer talking to ATC. The impact occurred about 21 seconds after ATC cleared the airplane to taxi. Source: NTSB Aviation Accident Database Retrieved: 2026-02-12

NTSB Findings

FAA avdata. C = Cause, F = Factor.

  • — Personnel issues-Psychological-Attention/monitoring-Monitoring environment-Airport personnel

Verbatim from NTSB's published report. Source file NTSB_2025_ERA25LA121.txt. Findings + structured fields enriched from FAA avall.mdb. Full investigation docket on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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