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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Cessna 182Q · San Francisco, CA · March 6, 1988

Date: March 6, 1988 · 23:22 local
Place: San Francisco, CA
Airport: San Francisco International
Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N97816
Reported as: Cessna 182Q
Reported engine: Continental O470U
People aboard: 2
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 260 total65 in this make and model10 in the last 90 days

N97816Registered now · Cessna 182QS/N 18267205 · Built 1979 Airframe modelCessna 182Q Engine modelContinental O-470 seriesReciprocating

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Taxiing at night for takeoff. Took an access road for a taxiway. Struck a pole with the wing tip.

As the FAA filed it

TAXIING AT NIGHT FOR TAKEOFF. TOOK AN ACCESS ROAD FOR A TAXIWAY. STRUCK A POLE WITH THE WING TIP.