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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Cessna 172M · Traverse City, MI · August 29, 1996

Date
August 29, 1996 · 19:30 local
Place
Traverse City, MI
Airport
Cherry Capital
Phase of flight
Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N92777
Reported as
Cessna 172M
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
190 total170 in this make and model37 in the last 90 days

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.

Narrative: pilot was avoiding another parked aircraft while attempting to pass between that aircraft and the fence behind, wingtip scraped the top of the fence causing minor damage to the plastic wingtip. Pilot cited inadequate marshalling. Pilot was counseled.

As the FAA filed it

NARRATIVE: PILOT WAS AVOIDING ANOTHER PARKED AIRCRAFT WHILE ATTEMPTING TO PASS BETWEEN THAT AIRCRAFT AND THE FENCE BEHIND, WINGTIP SCRAPED THE TOP OF THE FENCE CAUSING MINOR DAMAGE TO THE PLASTIC WINGTIP. PILOT CITED INADEQUATE MARSHALLING. PILOT WAS COUNSELED.

Other reports on N92777 · 2

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