Cessna 172 accident near Fort Myers, Florida, February 5, 2025
On February 5, 2025 at about 1:30 pm local time, a 1998 Cessna 172, registered N94JA, was substantially damaged in an accident during taxi (from runway) near Fort Myers, Florida (Page Fld airport). It was an instructional flight under general aviation rules (Part 91). No one was hurt; 1 person was on board or involved. The weather was visual conditions (good weather).
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The NTSB's probable cause their words, unchanged
The student pilot’s failure to maintain clearance from a truck while taxiing.
Source: NTSB aviation accident database, copy made October 4, 2026. Docket and reports at the NTSB.
What the record shows
- Date
- February 5, 2025 · about 1:30 pm local time
- Place
- Fort Myers, Florida · Page Fld · map
- Type
- Accident
- Injuries
- No one was hurt; 1 person was on board or involved.
- Weather
- visual conditions (good weather)
- Aircraft
- Cessna 172 R, built 1998 · all 172s on the register
- Registration
- N94JA · registry record · serial 17280632
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional flight · general aviation rules (Part 91)
The NTSB's narrative final · quoted from the NTSB record
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.
The complete narrative as the NTSB published it. The NTSB's docket holds the report as a PDF and any photographs, statements and other documents from the investigation.
The factual record from the NTSB's investigation tables, in plain English
What happened, in order
- Collision with terrain or object (not controlled flight into terrain) during taxi (from runway) defining event
The NTSB's findings
- Personnel issues › Psychological › Attention/monitoring › Monitoring environment › Student/instructed pilot
- Environmental issues › Physical environment › Object/animal/substance › Ground vehicle › Decision related to condition
Pilot
- Certificate: student
- Flight time: 72.6 hours in all; 64 in this make and model; 2 as pilot in command
- Last flight review: February 5, 2025
- Medical certificate: Class 1 (without waivers/limitations)
- Seat: left
- Injury: no injuries
The aircraft
- Airframe total time: 8,000 hours
- Last inspection: 100-hour inspection, February 4, 2025
- Maximum gross weight: 2,550 lb
- Seats: 4
- Landing gear: fixed
- Engine: Lycoming IO-360-L2A (piston); 2,400 hours total
The flight
- Flight plan: none
Weather at the time
- Light: daylight
- Visibility: 10 statute miles
- Sky: scat at 5,000 ft
- Temperature: 66°F (19°C), dew point 63°F (17°C)
- Altimeter: 30.18 inHg
- Observation at 7:53 am from FMY
Weather report (METAR): METAR KFMY 051253Z 00000KT 10SM SCT050 19/17 A3018 RMK AO2 SLP222 T01890172
Injuries
| Fatal | Serious | Minor | None | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Flig | 1 |
Other NTSB records under N94JA the same tail number, which may have belonged to a different aircraft at the time
About this page
Everything above comes from the NTSB's public accident database: the narrative, probable cause and findings are the NTSB's own words, and the coded tables behind its report (pilot, aircraft, flight, weather, injuries, sequence of events) are written out in plain English. Pilots' ages, home towns and medical details are left out on purpose. The docket at the NTSB holds the report as a PDF and the investigation's photographs and documents. This site never names pilots, passengers or anyone else involved. A preliminary report describes what is known soon after the event and can change; the final report, with the probable cause, usually follows one to two years later and this page is refreshed when it does. Case number ERA25LA117.