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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Cessna 152 · Palo Alto, CA · March 4, 1998

Date
March 4, 1998 · 10:10 local
Place
Palo Alto, CA
Airport
Palo Alto Airport-Santa Clara Cou
Phase of flight
Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N747ZP
Reported as
Cessna 152
Reported engine
Lycoming O235L2C
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Student

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: left wing tip of N747ZP struck raised rear door of U.S. Government van #4125513 while taxiing. Vehicle was parked off and clear of taxiway.

As the FAA filed it

NARRATIVE: LEFT WING TIP OF N747ZP STRUCK RAISED REAR DOOR OF U.S. GOVERNMENT VAN #4125513 WHILE TAXIING. VEHICLE WAS PARKED OFF AND CLEAR OF TAXIWAY.