# Incident 19780201005199I: Cessna 172, Hilo, HI, February 1, 1978

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 1, 1978, 14:00 local time
- Place: Hilo, HI
- Airport: General Lyman
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Ops On Grnd From Ldg/Rtrcrft
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 19.7225° N, 155.0868° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Hilo, HI, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=19.7225&lon=-155.0868&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9982Q, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N9982Q-2009-08-07) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna R172E (registry code 2072413, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-r172e) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 125 total, 20 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780201005199I

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

PILOT HIT A FENCE POST WHILE TAXIING TO PARK.

## Other reports on N9982Q (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Accident 19800215002969A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19800215002969A), Feb 15, 1980: Cessna 172E (N9982Q), Lanai City, HI, Destroyed, 1 fatal. VFR airplane flew into the side of mountain obscured by clouds and rain showers.

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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