Chino Airport
Aircraft Accident/Incident Report

Chino, California 91710
Saturday, March 26, 2005 13:02 PST

NTSB Narrative Summary Released at Completion of Accident

A North American AT-6C was taxiing onto the runway for takeoff and collided with a Cessna 172K that was stationary and awaiting takeoff clearance. The ground collision occurred after the North American pilot received a clearance to depart. As he was taxiing toward the approach end of the runway from behind the Cessna's position, the airplane's propeller sliced into the outboard portion of the Cessna's left wing.

NTSB Probable Cause Narrative

the pilot's failure to maintain an adequate clearance from obstacles while taxiing.

Event Information

Type of Event Accident
Event Date 3/26/2005
Event Day of the Week Saturday
Time of Event 1302
Event Time Zone Pacific Standard Time
Event City Chino
Event State CALIFORNIA
Event Country --
Zipcode of the event site 91710
Event Date Year 2005
Event Date Month 3
MidAir Collision Indicator No
On Ground Collision occurred ? Yes
Event Location Latitude 335829N
Event Location Longitude 1173812W
Event Location Airport Chino
Event Location Nearest Airport ID CNO
Indicates whether the acc/inc occurred off or on an airport On Airport
Distance from airport in statute miles 0
Degrees magnetic from airport 0
Airport Elevation 637
Weather Briefing Completeness Not pertinent
Investigator's weather source Pilot
Time of the weather observation
Direction of event from weather observation facility (degrees) --
Weather Observation Facility ID --
Elevation of weather observation facility --
Distance of event from weather observation facility (units?) --
Time Zone of the weather observation --
Lighting Conditions Day
Lowest Ceiling Height --
Lowest Non-Ceiling Height --
Sky/Lowest/Cloud Conditions Clear
Sky Condition for Lowest Ceiling None
Visibility Runway Visual Range (Feet) --
Visibility Runway Visual Value (Statute Miles) --
Visibility (Statute Miles) 10
Air Temperature at event time (in degrees celsius) 22
Dew Point at event time (in degress fahrenheit) 4
Wind Direction (degrees magnetic) 240
Variable Wind Indicator Wind direction could be determined
Wind Speed (knots) 5
Wind Velocity Indicator --
Wind Gust Indicator Not Gusting
Wind Gust (knots) --
Altimeter Setting at event time (in. Hg) 30.17
Density Altitude (feet) --
Intensity of Precipitation --
METAR weather report --
Event Highest Injury None
On Ground, Fatal Injuries --
On Ground, Minor Injuries --
On Ground, Serious Injuries --
Injury Total Fatal --
Injury Total Minor --
Injury Total None 2
Injury Total Serious --
Injury Total All --
Investigating Agency NTSB
NTSB Docket Number (internal use) 19551
NTSB Notification Source FAA
NTSB Notification Date Mar 26 2005 12:00AM
NTSB Notification Time 1430
Fiche Number and/or location -used to find docket information DMS
Date of most recent change to record Apr 25 2006 11:00AM
User who most recently changed record NTSB\JOHB
Basic weather conditions Visual Meteorological Cond
FAA District Office FSDO Riverside, CA

Aircraft Involved

Aircraft #1

Aircraft #2

Aircraft Registration Number N7055H N7425G
NTSB Number LAX05LA124A LAX05LA124B
Missing Aircraft Indicator -- --
Federal Aviation Reg. Part Part 91: General Aviation Part 91: General Aviation
Type of Flight Plan filed None None
Flight plan Was Activated? No No
Damage Minor Substantial
Aircraft Fire None None
Aircraft Explosion -- None
Aircraft Manufacturer's Full Name North American Cessna
Aircraft Model AT-6C 172K
Aircraft Series Identifier -- --
Aircraft Serial Number 88-12150 17259125
Certified Max Gross Weight 5300 2300
Aircraft Category Airplane Airplane
Aircraft Registration Class U.S. Registered/U.S. Soil U.S. Registered/U.S. Soil
Aircraft is a homebuilt? No No
Flight Crew Seats -- --
Cabin Crew Seats -- --
Passenger Seats -- --
Total number of seats on the aircraft 2 4
Number of Engines 1 1
Fixed gear or retractable gear Retractable Fixed
Aircraft, Type of Last Inspection Annual Annual
Date of Last Inspection Jan 1 2005 12:00AM Mar 1 2005 12:00AM
Airframe hours since last inspection 1.2 5.3
Airframe Hours 1527 6993.5
ELT Installed Yes Yes
ELT Activated No No
ELT Aided Location of Event Site No No
ELT Type -- --
Aircraft Owner Name Richard S. Fields Smoke Eagles, Inc.
Aircraft Owner Street Address On File 5765 Rickenbacker Road
Aircraft Owner City Fullerton Los Angeles
Aircraft Owner State CA CA
Aircraft Owner Country USA USA
Aircraft Owner Zipcode 92833 90040
Operator is an individual? No Yes
Operator Name -- Daniel Lee Felsenthal
Operator Same as Owner? Yes No
Operator Is Doing Business As -- --
Operator Address Same as Owner? No No
Operator Street Address -- On File
Operator City La Mesa Los Alamitos
Operator State CA CA
Operator Country USA USA
Operator Zip code -- 90720
Operator Code -- --
Owner has at least one certificate None None
Other Operator of large aircraft? -- --
Certified for Part 133 or 137 Operation -- --
Operator Certificate Number -- --
Indicates whether an air carrier operation was scheduled or not -- --
Indicates Domestic or International Flight -- --
Operator carrying Pax/Cargo/Mail -- --
Type of Flying (Per_Bus / Primary) Personal Personal
Second Pilot on Board No No
Departure Point Same as Event Yes Yes
Departure Airport Code CNO CNO
Departure City Chino Chino
Departure State CA CA
Departure Country USA USA
Departure Time 1302 1302
Departure Time Zone PST PST
Destination Same as Local Flt dest & departure same, accident can occur anywhere --
Destination Airport Code CNO BNG
Destination City Chino Banning
Destination State CA CA
Destination Country USA USA
Specific Phase of Flight Taxi - to takeoff Standing - engine(s) operating
Report sent to ICAO? -- No
Evacuation occurred No No
Date of most recent change to record Jan 24 2006 4:42PM Jan 24 2006 4:42PM
User who most recently changed record COOS COOS
Since inspection or accident Time of Accident Last Inspection
Event Location Runway Number and Location 26L 26L
Runway Length 7000 7000
Runway Width 150 150
Sight Seeing flight No No
Air Medical Flight No No
Medical Flight -- --