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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Cessna 172N · Ocala, FL · March 22, 2000

Date
March 22, 2000 · 13:00 local
Place
Ocala, FL
Airport
Ocala Municipal-Jim Taylor Field
Phase of flight
Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N5340D
Reported as
Cessna 172N
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
1,180 total300 in this make and model25 in the last 90 days

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.

(-23)Two aircraft hit wing tips whiel taxing in opposite directions of travel. N4343R stopped and N5340D was moving at the time of impact. Pilot of N5340D misjudged wingtip clearance. Both aircraft received minor damage.

As the FAA filed it

(-23)TWO AIRCRAFT HIT WING TIPS WHIEL TAXING IN OPPOSITE DIRECTIONS OF TRAVEL. N4343R STOPPED AND N5340D WAS MOVING AT THE TIME OF IMPACT. PILOT OF N5340D MISJUDGED WINGTIP CLEARANCE. BOTH AIRCRAFT RECEIVED MINOR DAMAGE.