# Incident 19970827034769I: Cessna 172N, San Jose, CA, August 27, 1997

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 27, 1997, 13:20 local time
- Place: San Jose, CA
- Airport: San Jose International
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 37.3394° N, 121.8950° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of San Jose, CA, within about 8 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.3394&lon=-121.8950&mi=10
- Aircraft: N733AD, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N733AD) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172N (registry code 2072434, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172n) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172N
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,500 total, 60 in this make and model, 3 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19970827034769I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: ON 08/27/97 AT 1320 PDT A CESSNA 172 OPERATED BY WILLIAM RIBBLE STRUCK A BLAST FENCE WHILE TAXIING ON A SERVICE ROAD IN A NONMOVEMENT AREA. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED. THE AIRCRAFT RECEIVED MINOR DAMAGE TO THE RIGHT PLASTIC WING TIP AND NAV LIGHT. THERE WERE NO INJURIES. THE PILOT HOLDS A COMMERCIAL PILOT CERTIFICATE. THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED AT SAN JOSE INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT AND HAD RETURNED FROM THE FLIGHT. INVESTIGATION REVEALED THAT WHILE TAXIING TO THE RAMP MR. RIBBLE TAXIED ONTO A SERVICE ROAD BY MISTAKE. THE ROAD BECAME NARROW AND THE RIGHT WING TIP CONTACTED THE BLAST FENCE. MINOR DAMAGE TO THE PLASTIC WING TIP AND NAV LIGHT RESULTED. THE PILOT WAS COUNSELED ON AIRPORT MARKINGS. NO FAA FORM 8020-11 WAS FILED, AND THE INCIDENT IS CLOSED.

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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