# Incident 19960829032659I: Cessna 172M, Traverse City, MI, August 29, 1996

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 29, 1996, 19:30 local time
- Place: Traverse City, MI
- Airport: Cherry Capital
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 44.7416° N, 85.5819° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at CHERRY CAPITAL (TVC), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=44.7416&lon=-85.5819&mi=10
- Aircraft: N92777, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N92777) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172M (registry code 2072418, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172m) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172M
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 190 total, 170 in this make and model, 37 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19960829032659I

## Narrative

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

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.

- [Accident 19830711034399A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19830711034399A), Jul 11, 1983: Cessna 172M (N92777), Holland, MI, Substantial damage. Landed too long. Ran off end of runway into small trees.
- [Accident 19830412014589A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19830412014589A), Apr 12, 1983: Cessna 172M (N92777), Holland, MI, Substantial damage. Landed hard on the nosewheel. Impact collapsed the nose gear and bent the engine firewall.

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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