# Incident 19870408026249I: Cessna 172N, Santa Monica, CA, April 8, 1987

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 8, 1987, 20:30 local time
- Place: Santa Monica, CA
- Airport: Santa Monica Municipal Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 34.0158° N, 118.4513° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at SANTA MONICA MUNI (SMO), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.0158&lon=-118.4513&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2140E, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N2140E-2012-08-23) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172N (registry code 2072434, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172n) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172N
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 7,800 total, 2,000 in this make and model, 110 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19870408026249I

## Narrative

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

WINGTIP STRUCK THE PROPELLER OF A PARKED AIRCRAFT DURING NIGHT TAXI OPERATION TO PARKING.

## Other reports on N2140E (2)

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

- [Accident 20101001046039A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20101001046039A), Oct 1, 2010: Cessna 172N (N2140E), Wabash, IN, Substantial damage. On 10/1/2010 at 1830 a Cessna 172 at Wabash in (iwh) N2140E was involved in a accident with a student and flight instructor on board. Aircraft landed at 1/3 or…
- [Incident 19811108072639I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19811108072639I), Nov 8, 1981: Cessna 172N (N2140E), Santa Monica, CA, Minor damage. Pilot taxied aircraft into another aircraft which was taxing on intersecting taxiway. Pilot had student aboard.

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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