# Incident 20010430008809I: Cessna 172R, Groton - New Lo, CT, April 30, 2001

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 30, 2001, 14:30 local time
- Place: Groton - New Lo, CT
- Airport: Groton-New London
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.3301° N, 72.0451° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at GROTON-NEW LONDON (GON), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.3301&lon=-72.0451&mi=10
- Aircraft: N987CP, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N987CP) (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
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,700 total, 600 in this make and model, 20 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20010430008809I

## Narrative

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

(-23)^PRIVACY DAT^ TAXIED N987CP TO THE TIEDOWN RAMP. THIS IS A TEMPORARY PARKING AREA WHILE THERE WAS CONSTRUCTION ON THE REGULAR PARKING RAMP.  SINCE THE PARKING WAS TIGHT HE WAS WATCHING HIS WING WHEN THE HORIZONTAL STABILIZER SLID UNDER THE BE-77'S WING AND DAMAGED THE PITOT TUBE.

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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