# Incident 19990314018429I: Cessna 172M, Springfield, MO, March 14, 1999

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 14, 1999, 14:35 local time
- Place: Springfield, MO
- Airport: Springfield Regional
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 37.2153° N, 93.2982° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Springfield, MO, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.2153&lon=-93.2982&mi=10
- Aircraft: N12189, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N12189) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172M (registry code 2072418, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172m) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172M
- Reported engine: LYC O320E2B
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,780 total, 1,900 in this make and model, 23 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19990314018429I

## Narrative

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

(-5) HUDSON WAS CONDUCTING DUAL INSTRUCTION WITH A FORMER USAF MILITARY PILOT WHO TAXIED THE AIRCRAFT INTO A PARKED FUEL TRUCK WHILE MANEUVERING AROUND SOME DRIFTED SNOW. THE DAMAGE TO THE AIRPLANE INCLUDED A HOLE IN THE PLASTIC WINGTIP, LEADING EDGE DAMAGE TO ABOUT SIX INCHES OF THE WING, AND A BENT REAR SPAR, INCLUDING SOME DEFORMED RIBS. HUDSON PLUGGED THE HOLE WITH DUCT TAPE AND CONDUCTED TWO INSTRUCTIONAL FLIGHTS AND A FERRY FLIGHT TO PITTSBURG, KANSAS, FOR AN ANNUAL INSPECTION AND REPAIRS TO THE WING.

## Other reports on N12189 (1)

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

- [Accident 20070911019859A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20070911019859A), Sep 11, 2007: Cessna 172M (N12189), Stockton, MO, Substantial damage. (-23) The student pilot departed the pittsburg atkinson municipal airport (pts), pittsburg, Kansas, at approximately 1000 CDT, without an endorsement from an…

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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