# Accident 19980102046059A: Cessna 172P, Augusta, ME, January 2, 1998

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 2, 1998, 14:15 local time
- Place: Augusta, ME
- Airport: Augusta State
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 44.3207° N, 69.7973° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at AUGUSTA STATE (AUG), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=44.3207&lon=-69.7973&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9912L, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N9912L) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172P (registry code 2072436, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172p) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172P
- Reported engine: LYC O320*
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 92 total, 92 in this make and model, 25 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB IAD98LA019](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/IAD98LA019) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19980102046059A

## Narrative

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

(.4) SNOW AND ICE OBSTRUCTED THE TAXIWAY LINES. THE PILOT WAS TAXIING USING A ROW OF HANGARS TO HIS RIGHT SIDE TO ASSIST IN JUDGING THE DISTANCE FROM PARKED AIRPLANES ON HIS LEFT.  FOCUSING RIGHT AND LEFT, BOTH THE PILOT AND THE PILOT RATED PASSENGER DID NOT NOTICE THE VEHICLE PARKED IN FRONT OF THE HANGARS.  THE PILOT APPLIED THE BRAKES, AND THE AIRPLANE IMPACTED THE VEHICLE WITH THE RIGHT WING.  NO MECHANICAL PROBLEMS WERE FOUND WITH THE AIRPLANE.                                                                       (-23) ON JANUARY 2, 1998, NATHAN L. GRASS, A PRIVATE PILOT, WAS TAXIING N9912L, A CESSNA 172P, AT AUGUSTA STATE AIRPORT (AUG) WHEN THE AIRCRAFT RIGHT WING STRUCK A PARKED VEHICLE APPROX. 50' FROM THE TIEDOWN.  THE CIVIL AIR PATROL (CAP) WAS BEING FERRIED FROM PRESQUE ISLE AIRPORT (PQI) FOR MAINTENANCE.  THE WEATHER WAS VFR AND THERE WAS A LIGHT SNOW COVERING ON THE PARKING RAMP.  THE CAP COMMANDER CONDUCTED AN INVESTIGATION FOR HIS OFFICE AND THIS INITIAL REPORT WAS REVIEWED.  THE DAMAGE CONSISTED OF RIGHT WING, WING SPAR, WING TIP, FUSELAGE STRUCTURE AT WING ROOT PUSHED IN, LEADING EDGE DAMAGE AND SEVERAL SKIN DISTORTIONS.  THE PILOT AND HIS PASSENGER, AN ATP RATED  PILOT AND CFI, RECEIVED NO INJURIES. THIS WAS ORIGINALLY CLASSIFIED AS AN INCIDENT USING ON SITE CAP AND PILOT INFORMATION.  UPON FURTHER INVESTIGATION BY FAA INSPECTORS, IT WAS UPGRADED TO AN ACCIDENT.  THIS REPORT AND INVESTIGATION ARE CLOSED.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB IAD98LA019](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/IAD98LA019), Jan 2, 1998: Cessna 172P (N9912L), Augusta, ME, substantial damage. Probable cause: The inadequate lookout of the pilot in command.

## Other reports on N9912L (1)

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

- [Incident 20220620005479I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20220620005479I), Jun 20, 2022: Cessna 172P (N9912L), Crystal, MN, Minor damage. While practicing landings with a CFI, a student pilot executed a go around due to gusting winds. The student pulled back aggressively on the controls leading…

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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