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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Cessna 172S · Orlando, FL · April 6, 2002

Date
April 6, 2002 · 10:10 local
Place
Orlando, FL
Airport
Orlando Executive Airport
Phase of flight
Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N516SP
Reported as
Cessna 172S
Reported engine
Lycoming IO360L2A
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
123 total50 in this make and model1 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) While taxiing aircraft to its tie-down location following flight, pilot misjudged distance between aircraft and a light pole, and allowed the aircraft's right wing to strike the pole. Impact caused minor damage to the leading edge of the wing approximately one foot inboard from the wing tip.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) WHILE TAXIING AIRCRAFT TO ITS TIE-DOWN LOCATION FOLLOWING FLIGHT, PILOT MISJUDGED DISTANCE BETWEEN AIRCRAFT AND A LIGHT POLE, AND ALLOWED THE AIRCRAFT'S RIGHT WING TO STRIKE THE POLE. IMPACT CAUSED MINOR DAMAGE TO THE LEADING EDGE OF THE WING APPROXIMATELY ONE FOOT INBOARD FROM THE WING TIP.