| Crash location | 40.799444°N, 74.414722°W
Reported location is a long distance from the NTSB's reported nearest city. This often means that the location has a typo, or is incorrect. |
| Nearest city | Morristown, NJ
40.425107°N, 74.253756°W 27.2 miles away |
| Tail number | N751DW |
|---|---|
| Accident date | 04 Jul 2009 |
| Aircraft type | Cessna 172RG |
| Additional details: | None |
At the completion of a local instructional flight, the flight instructor taxied the airplane from the right seat, "on centerline," with the engine power at idle. As he taxied between two parked airplanes, he struck the airplane parked to his right, and damaged the right wing rib of his airplane. The parked airplane sustained minor damage. The instructor said that he "let his guard down" and that there was nothing wrong with the performance and handling of his airplane.
The pilot's failure to maintain clearance from a parked aircraft during taxi operations.