# Incident 20020406008749I: Cessna 172S, Orlando, FL, April 6, 2002

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 6, 2002, 10:10 local time
- Place: Orlando, FL
- Airport: Orlando Executive Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 28.5455° N, 81.3329° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at ORLANDO EXEC (ORL), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=28.5455&lon=-81.3329&mi=10
- Aircraft: N516SP, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N516SP) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172S (registry code 2072439, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172s) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming I0360 series (registry code 41515, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-i0360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172S
- Reported engine: LYC IO360L2A
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 123 total, 50 in this make and model, 1 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20020406008749I

## Narrative

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

(-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.

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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