# Incident 19970518020969I: Cessna 172M, Miami, FL, May 18, 1997

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 18, 1997, 16:30 local time
- Place: Miami, FL
- Airport: Tamiami Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 25.7503° N, 80.3742° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at Tamiami Airport, closed, within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=25.7503&lon=-80.3742&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5030R, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5030R-2007-02-07) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172M (registry code 2072418, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172m) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172M
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 530 total, 500 in this make and model, 20 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19970518020969I

## Narrative

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

DURING TAXI WING TIP STRUCK WING TIP OF PARKED AIRCRAFT.

## Other reports on N5030R (1)

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

- [Accident 19780921033019A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780921033019A), Sep 21, 1978: Cessna 172D (N5030R), Sanibel Is, FL, Substantial damage

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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