# NTSB Accident MIA02LA009
> **Cessna 172P** · 2001-10-15 · Knoxville, TN, USA · NONE
## Event
- **NTSB number:** MIA02LA009
- **Event ID:** 20011017X02103
- **Type:** Accident
- **Date:** 2001-10-15
- **Location:** Knoxville, TN, USA
## Injuries
- **Highest injury:** NONE
- **Fatal:** 0
- **Serious:** 0
- **Minor:** 0
- **Uninjured:** 2
- **Total aboard:** 2
## Aircraft
- **Make:** Cessna
- **Model:** 172P
- **Registration:** N52685
- **FAR Part:** 091
- **Engines:** 1
- **Damage:** SUBS
## Conditions
- **Light:** DAYL
- **Weather:** VMC
## Probable cause

The pilot's inattentive preflight inspection, non-compliance with the prestart checklist, decision to leave the cockpit unattended with engine running, and his inadvertent deactivation of the parking brake as he exited to remove a wheel chock, resulting in non-piloted taxi from the aircraft's starting point and collision with an airport terminal structure.

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