# Incident 20020504011829I: Cessna 172M, Sparta, MI, May 4, 2002

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 4, 2002, 16:30 local time
- Place: Sparta, MI
- Airport: Sparta Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 43.1567° N, 85.7110° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Sparta, MI, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=43.1567&lon=-85.7110&mi=10
- Aircraft: N80490, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N80490) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172M (registry code 2072418, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172m) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172M
- Pilot certificates: Student
- Pilot flight hours: 17 total, 17 in this make and model, 17 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20020504011829I

## Narrative

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

(-23) AIRCRAFT TAXIED INTO A PARKED AIRCRAFT. MINOR DAMAGE TO RIGHT WING TIP AND LEADING EDGE. NO INJURIES.

## Other reports on N80490 (1)

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

- [Accident 19920610019399A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19920610019399A), Jun 10, 1992: Cessna 172M (N80490), Hastings, MI, Substantial damage. Student struck runway marker landing. Damage appeared minor. Began takeoff pitched up. Stalled. Elevator was jammed

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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