# Incident 19981216042699I: Cessna 172I, Charlottesville, VA, December 16, 1998

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 16, 1998, 16:30 local time
- Place: Charlottesville, VA
- Airport: Charlottesville-Albemarle
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 38.1396° N, 78.4523° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at CHARLOTTESVILLE-ALBEMARLE (CHO), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.1396&lon=-78.4523&mi=10
- Aircraft: N35725, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N35725) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172I (registry code 2072426, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172i) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172I
- Reported engine: LYC O320*
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Student
- Pilot flight hours: 30 total, 28 in this make and model, 28 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19981216042699I

## Narrative

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

(-5)THE PILOT STRUCK A PARKED AIRCRAFT WITH HER LEFT WING WHILE TAXIING.

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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