# Incident 19981130041469I: Cessna 172P, New Cumberland, WV, November 30, 1998

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 30, 1998, 16:51 local time
- Place: New Cumberland, WV
- Airport: Herron Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.5331° N, 80.5411° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at HERRON (7G1), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.5331&lon=-80.5411&mi=10
- Aircraft: N96557 (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172P
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 180 total, 30 in this make and model, 50 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19981130041469I

## Narrative

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

(-5) THE PILOT STATED IN HIS WRITTEN STATEMENT OF 12/8/98: AIRCRAFT N94557, CESSNA 172, WAS DAMAGED ON MONDAY, NOVEMBER 30, 1998, AT HERRON AIRPORT (7G1) NEW CUMBERLAND, WEST VIRGINIA. AFTER LANDING ON RUNWAY 22, I TAXIED DOWN RUNWAY 4, TURNED AROUND AND BACK TAXIED DOWN RUNWAY 22, MADE A RIGHT TURN ON THE ROAD THAT CROSSED THE RUNWAY. MY INTENTION WAS TO TAXI TO THE HANGAR AREA. UPON TURNING RIGHT, I HIT A STOP SIGN CAUSING DAMAGE TO THE LEADING EDGE POSITION OF THE RIGHT WING. ON-SCENE INVESTIGATION BY THE FAA REVEALED A MOTOR VEHICLE STOP SIGN WAS LOCATED APPROXIMATELY 7 FT. HIGH AND 5.5 FT FROM THE EDGE OF THE ROAD. THERE IS NO DISTINGUISHABLE TAXI WAY OR ANY MARKINGS INDICATING THAT THIS ROAD, WHICH LED TO THE HANGAR AREA, WAS INDEED A ROAD, NOT A TAXI WAY. THE AIRPORT FACILITY DIRECTORY STATES THAT A ROAD DOES PASS THROUGH THE AIRPORT. MR. WEST WAS UNFAMILIAR WITH 7G1, AND THE INCIDENT OCCURRED AT APPROXIMATELY 5:00 PM LOCAL (SUNSET). THIS AIRPORT HAS NO TAXI WAY, AIRCRAFT TAXIED ON A GRASSY AREA, ADJACENT TO THE ACCESS ROAD. INSPECTOR RON HORAK AEA FSDO 03

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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