# Incident 19990430021489I: Cessna 172R, Gladwin, MI, April 30, 1999

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 30, 1999, 09:45 local time
- Place: Gladwin, MI
- Airport: Gladwin Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 43.9840° N, 84.4872° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Gladwin, MI, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=43.9840&lon=-84.4872&mi=10
- Aircraft: N984AV, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N984AV) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172R (registry code 2072401, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172r) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming I0360 series (registry code 41515, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-i0360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172R
- Reported engine: LYC IO360L2A
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Student
- Pilot flight hours: 50 total, 45 in this make and model, 35 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19990430021489I

## Narrative

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

WHILE TAXIING INTO RAMP FOR PARKING, STUDENT PILOT STRUCK LIGHT POLE WITH LEFT WING TIP. PILOT CALLED FOR INSTRUCTOR, WHO WAS NOT AVAILABLE, AND DECIDED TO FLY HOME TO BATTLE CREEK, MI WITH DAMAGE TO WING LEADING EDGE. FLIGHT WAS INEVENTFUL.

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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