# Incident 19850214012579I: Cessna 172P, Hattiesburg, MS, February 14, 1985

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 14, 1985, 16:15 local time
- Place: Hattiesburg, MS
- Airport: Municipal
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 31.3271° N, 89.2903° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Hattiesburg, MS, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=31.3271&lon=-89.2903&mi=10
- Aircraft: N55437, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N55437-2018-01-25) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172P (registry code 2072436, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172p) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172P
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 270 total, 124 in this make and model, 10 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19850214012579I

## Narrative

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

WINGTIP STRUCK FUEL TRUCK DURING TAXI OPERATION. PILOT DISTRACTED BY FALLEN LAPBOARD IN COCKPIT.

## Other reports on N55437 (1)

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

- [Accident 20090927050229A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20090927050229A), Sep 27, 2009: Cessna 172P (N55437), Pensacola, FL, Substantial damage. On September 27, 2009 under VMC conditions at approximately 0735 hrs a Cessna 172P with a student pilot at the controls was performing touch and go's on runway…

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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