KEY WEST, FL, USA
N32133
WACO UPF-7
N6552F
CESSNA 172N
THE PLT OF A WACO UPF-7, N32133, RPRTD HE WAS TAXIING WITH S-TURNS BEHIND A CESSNA 172, N6552F, ON A DIAGONAL TWY. AS THE CESSNA PLT APCHD THE INTERSECTION WITH THE PARALLEL TWY TO THE ACTIVE RWY (RWY 9), HE ELECTED TO STOP & GIVE WAY TO A COMMERCIAL AIRLINER. THE WACO PLT CONTD TAXIING & DID NOT NOTICE THAT THE CESSNA HAD STOPPED UNTIL HIS ACFT WAS ABOUT 20 TO 30 FT FROM THE CESSNA. THE WACO PLT APPLIED BRAKES, BUT WAS UNABLE TO STOP BEFORE THE PROP OF HIS ACFT HIT THE EMPENNAGE OF THE CESSNA 172.
INADEQUATE VISUAL LOOKOUT BY THE WACO PILOT, WHICH RESULTED IN HIS MISJUDGEMENT OF CLEARANCE BETWEEN HIS AIRCRAFT AND THE CESSNA 172 AND A SUBSEQUENT COLLISION.
Source: NTSB Aviation Accident Database
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