# Incident 19780502031589I: Cessna 152, St Petersburg, FL, May 2, 1978

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 2, 1978, 12:00 local time
- Place: St Petersburg, FL
- Airport: Clearwater
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 27.7709° N, 82.6793° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of St. Petersburg, FL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=27.7709&lon=-82.6793&mi=10
- Aircraft: N66943, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N66943-1989-07-17) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 152 (registry code 2071835, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-152) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 152
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 530 total, 100 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/19780502031589I

## Narrative

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

WING TIP STRUCK POLE WHILE TAXIING.

## Other reports on N66943 (1)

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

- [Incident 19890111006639I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19890111006639I), Jan 11, 1989: Cessna 152 (N66943), Brunswick, GA. VFR pilot caught in deteriorating weather. Precautionary landing on beach. Was weather briefed before flight.

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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