# Incident 20000709034819I: Cessna 172N, Tangier, VA, July 9, 2000

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 9, 2000, 11:40 local time
- Place: Tangier, VA
- Airport: Tangier Island Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 37.8259° N, 75.9977° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at TANGIER ISLAND (TGI), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.8259&lon=-75.9977&mi=10
- Aircraft: N75612, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N75612) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172N (registry code 2072434, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172n) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172N
- Reported engine: LYC O320*
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 457 total, 372 in this make and model, 2 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000709034819I

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON SUNDAY JULY9,2000, AT 1140 EDT AT TANGIER ISLAND, VIRGINIA, AFTER LANDING AND WHILE TAXIING TO PARK, THE PILOT HIT A POLE WITH THE AIRCRAFT LEFT WING AT ABOUT ONE FOOT INBOARD FROM THE WING TIP. THE STRIKE DAMAGED THE LEADING EDGE OF THE WING. THE PILOT, MELVIN DOUGLAS BROWN OF CHESTERFIELD COUNTY^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^, FLEW THE AIRCRAFT TO FCI (THE AIRCRAFT HOME BASE) AFTER THE INCIDENT. FURTHER INVESTIGATION REVEALED THAT THE LEADING EDGE OF THE LEFT WING IS PUSHED INTO THE FRONT SPAR. THE DISTORTION RUNS ABOUT 18INCHES WIDE. THE AFT SPAR IS DISTORED AT ABOUT THE MID POINT OF THE (FUEL TANK REF ONLY). THE DISTORTION IS ABOUT 1.5 INCHES WIDE AND 1/4 INCHES DEEP.

## Other reports on N75612 (1)

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

- [Incident 20020608018039I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20020608018039I), Jun 8, 2002: Cessna 172N (N75612), Richmond, VA, Minor damage. (-23) Aircraft landed on runway 15 at fci. At approximately 1800 feet of runway remaining is the beginning of a skid mark from the left tire. The skid curves…

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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