# Incident 19860326016589I: Cessna 182G, Death Valley, CA, March 26, 1986

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 26, 1986, 21:30 local time
- Place: Death Valley, CA
- Airport: Stovepipe Wells
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 36.6038° N, 117.1592° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at STOVEPIPE WELLS (L09), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.6038&lon=-117.1592&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2059R, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N2059R-2014-11-13) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 182G (registry code 2072716, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-182g) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 182G
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,000 total, 1,300 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/19860326016589I

## Narrative

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

DURING TAXI TO PARKING, WINGTIP STRUCK THE RUDDER OF A PARKED AIRCRAFT.

## Other reports on N2059R (1)

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

- [Accident 20040820021779A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20040820021779A), Aug 20, 2004: Cessna 182G (N2059R), Big Bear, CA, Destroyed. (-23) Pilot was briefed by Big Bear airport UNICOM on runway 26 construction. He was instructed to land on temporary runway 26, (south taxiway) whose threshold…

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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