(Instructor) Heard A “Crunching Metal Noise” And Realized Another Airplane Had Collided With The Cabin Roof
On December 9, 2024, about 1630 eastern standard time, a Piper PA-28-181, N90874, and a Cessna 172S, N497SJ, were substantially damaged when they were involved in a midair collision near Pahokee, Florida. The flight instructor and student pilot in the Piper were not injured. The flight instructor, private pilot receiving instruction, and student pilot observer in the Cessna were also not injured. The airplanes were operated as Title 14 Code of Federal Regulations Part 91 instructional flights.