# Incident 19951002038889I: Cessna 172A, St Johns, AZ, October 2, 1995

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 2, 1995, 07:20 local time
- Place: St Johns, AZ
- Airport: St Johns Industrial Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 34.5004° N, 109.3769° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of St. Johns, AZ, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.5004&lon=-109.3769&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7256T, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N7256T-2018-01-24) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172A (registry code 2072404, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172A
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,109 total, 300 in this make and model, 4 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19951002038889I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: ON 10-02-95, AT APPROX. 0720 MST, MR. KENNETH W. BAXTER WAS TAXIING N7256T, A CESSNA 172A, TO OBTAIN FUEL. WHILE MANEUVERING IN A TIGHT AREA WITH THE MORNING SUN IN HIS EYES, THE RIGHT OUTBOARD SECTION OF THE WING CONTACTED AN UNMARKED SCAFFOLD CAUSING MINOR LEADING EDGE DAMAGE. PILOT HAS BEEN INTERVIEWED AND COUNSELED BY THE SFL-FSDO. THIS INCIDENT IS CLOSED.

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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