N1178F is a 1966 Cessna 172G. It is a fixed-wing single-engine aircraft with 4 seats, powered by a Cont Motor 0-300 SER rated at 145 horsepower. The registration is active, with the registrant based in West Monroe, NY. Its standard airworthiness certificate was issued in Jun 1966. It has been registered to its current owner since Aug 2021. This page also carries 1 NTSB event.
- 60 years old
- 1 of 746 Cessna 172G
2021
1966
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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.
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