19970730026209I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Cessna 152 · Orlando, FL · July 30, 1997

Date
July 30, 1997 · 07:00 local
Place
Orlando, FL
Airport
Orlando Executive Airport
Phase of flight
Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N4964B
Reported as
Cessna 152
Reported engine
Lycoming O235L2C
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
34 total30 in this make and model15 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: the student pilot was taxiing in the parking area. He misjudged the distance between his right wing and a parked fuel truck. The right wing struck a ladder on the fuel truck causing minor damage to the wing of the airplane.

As the FAA filed it

NARRATIVE: THE STUDENT PILOT WAS TAXIING IN THE PARKING AREA. HE MISJUDGED THE DISTANCE BETWEEN HIS RIGHT WING AND A PARKED FUEL TRUCK. THE RIGHT WING STRUCK A LADDER ON THE FUEL TRUCK CAUSING MINOR DAMAGE TO THE WING OF THE AIRPLANE.