# Accident 20020919025159A: Cessna 172P, Tampa, FL, September 19, 2002

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 19, 2002, 21:00 local time
- Place: Tampa, FL
- Airport: Topp Of Tampa Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 28.2211° N, 82.3744° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=28.2211&lon=-82.3744&mi=10
- Aircraft: N612CB (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172P
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ATL02LA172](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL02LA172) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20020919025159A

## Narrative

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

(.19) ON SEPTEMBER 19, 2002, AT 2100 EASTERN DAYLIGHT TIME, A CESSNA 172P, N612CB, REGISTERED TO HELICOPTER STRUCTURAL AND MAINTENANCE, INC., AND OPERATED BY THE PILOT, STRUCK A POLE WHILE TAXIING AT TAMPA NORTH AERO PARK IN LUTZ, FLORIDA. THE PERSONAL FLIGHT WAS OPERATED UNDER THE PROVISIONS OF TITLE 14 CFR PART 91 WITH NO FLIGHT PLAN FILED. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED. THE AIRPLANE SUSTAINED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE, AND THE PRIVATE PILOT AND PASSENGER WERE NOT INJURED. THE FLIGHT WAS ORIGINATING FROM TAMPA NORTH AERO PARK IN LUTZ, FLORIDA, AT THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT. WHILE TAXIING FROM THE PARKING AREA TO TAKEOFF, THE PILOT OBSERVED AN AIRPLANE PARKED TO HIS RIGHT. THE PILOT STATED HE DID NOT SEE A WOODEN POST THAT WAS PART OF A PORCH ON THE FBO BUILDING TO HIS LEFT. THE LEADING EDGE OF THE AIRPLANE'S LEFT WINGTIP STRUCK THE POST. EXAMINATION OF THE AIRPLANE REVEALED THE LEFT LEADING EDGE WINGTIP WAS DAMAGED, AND THE WING SPAR WAS BENT. (-23) ON SEPTEMBER 19, 2002, AT 1930 EDT, A CESSNA 172, REGISTERED TO TAMPA NORTH AERO SERVICES, CONTACTED THE CORNER OF AN OFFICE BUILD PORCH DAMAGING THE LEFT WING AND WING SPAR WHILE TAXIING TO THE RUNWAY FOR FLIGHT. VISUA           L METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME. THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE TO THE LEFT OUTBOARD LEADING EDGE WING AND LEFT WING SPAR. NO INJURIES TO PILOT AND PASSENGER.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB ATL02LA172](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL02LA172), Sep 20, 2002: Cessna 172P (N612CB), Lutz, FL, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to maintain visual lookout and clearance during taxi, which resulted in an on-ground collision with a building.

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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