# Incident 19960220006659I: Cessna 152, Fort Worth, TX, February 20, 1996

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 20, 1996, 12:15 local time
- Place: Fort Worth, TX
- Airport: Fort Worth Meacham Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 32.8198° N, 97.3624° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at FORT WORTH MEACHAM INTL (FTW), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.8198&lon=-97.3624&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4983B, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N4983B-2013-08-15) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 152 (registry code 2071835, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-152) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-235 series (registry code 41505, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-235-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 152
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 180 total, 70 in this make and model, 70 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19960220006659I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: ON FEBRUARY 20, 1996, AT APPROXIMATELY 12:30 P.M., LOCAL, CESSNA 152'S, N4983B, OPERATED BY MADHUSMITA PATNAIK, RIGHT LEADING WING TIP STRUCK THE RIGHT LEADING EDGE OF A PARKED AIRCRAFT WHILE TAXIING. THIS WAS A PLEASURE FLIGHT, VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME, AND NO FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED. THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED AT FORT WORTH, TX, ON FEBRUARY 20, 1996. THIS INCIDENT IS CLOSED.

## Other reports on N4983B (1)

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

- [Incident 19821015057309I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19821015057309I), Oct 15, 1982: Cessna 152 (N4983B), Porterville, CA, Minor damage. Student elected to land on crosswind runway. Porpoised on landing, collapsed nose gear.

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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