Cessna 172N Skyhawk, N797RJ, and Cessna 172N Skyhawk, N734VX, incident occurred on March 31, 2026, at Montgomery-Gibbs Executive Airport (MYF/KMYF), San Diego, California

This is preliminary information, subject to change, and may contain errors. Any errors in this report will be corrected when the final report has been completed.

https://registry.faa.gov/AircraftInquiry/Search/NNumberResult?nNumberTxt=N797RJ

https://registry.faa.gov/AircraftInquiry/Search/NNumberResult?nNumberTxt=N734VX

- History of Flight:
On March 31, 2026, at about 0917 local time, a Cessna 172N Skyhawk, N797RJ, registered to Seven 4 Zulu LLC, and a Cessna 172N Skyhawk, N734VX, registered to Red Door Aviation LLC, both sustained unknown damage following a ground collision at Montgomery-Gibbs Executive Airport (MYF/KMYF), San Diego, California. There were no injuries. Both airplanes were being operated on local personal flights.

According to the FAA: "N797RJ: Aircraft taxiing out of the run-up area, the right wing struck the left wing of N734VX which was parked waiting for clearance." and "N734VX: Aircraft was parked and waiting for clearance and the left wing was struck by the right wing of N797RJ."

According to preliminary ADS-B data, N734VX taxied from the ramp and came to a stop in the run-up area leading to runway 28L at 0900 LT. At 0907 LT, N797RJ exited runway 28L and started going down taxiway H. At 0908 LT, N797RJ came to a stop right next to N734VX in the run-up area. At 0917 LT, N797RJ started taxiing when it clipped the other parked Cessna. (see figures).

Figure 1: N734VX taxiing from ramp and coming to stop in run-up area.

Figure 2: N797RJ landing on runway 28L and taxiing down taxiway H

Figure 3: N797RJ coming to a stop at 0908 then started moving at 0917

Figure 4: ADS-B exchange data ran through Google Earth Pro for both airplanes (red is N734VX, blue is N797RJ)

Figure 5: Final positions of both airplanes, note how N797RJ parked next to N734VX, note airplanes in view are not incident aircraft)

- Weather:

METAR KMYF 311553Z 18005KT 10SM BKN010 OVC015 18/16 A2997 RMK AO2 SLP144 T01830161

METAR KMYF 311659Z 25005KT 10SM OVC016 19/16 A2999 RMK AO2 T01940161