# Incident 20021020036719I: Cessna 172S, Elizabeth City, NC, October 20, 2002

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 20, 2002, 14:30 local time
- Place: Elizabeth City, NC
- Airport: Elizabeth City Cg Air Station
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 36.2606° N, 76.1746° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at ELIZABETH CITY CG AIR STATION/RGNL (ECG), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.2606&lon=-76.1746&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5004Y, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N5004Y) (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: CONT IO360*
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Student
- Pilot flight hours: 41 total, 41 in this make and model, 12 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20021020036719I

## Narrative

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

(-23) THE STUDENT PILOT OF THE CESSNA 172 STRUCK THE RUDDER OF THE PA 28-181 DURING TAXI. THE PA 28-181 WAS TIED DOWN IN A PARKING SPACE AT THE TIME OF THE COLLISION AND NO ONE WAS IN THE AIRCRAFT. THE PILOT OF THE CESSNA 172 REPORTED THAT HE WAS UNAWARE THAT HE HAD STRUCK THE PIPER AIRCRAFT UNTIL HE WAS INFORMED OF SUCH BY THE PERSON DIRECTING HIM TO PARKING. HE STATED THAT HE EXAMINED BOTH AIRCRAFT AND FOUND NO DAMAGE. HOWEVER, PHOTOGRAPHIC EVIDENCE OF THE PA 28-181 SHOWS A CREASE IN THE SKIN OF THE RUDDER OF THE PA 28-181 THAT IS EASILY OBSERVABLE. THE REPORTS GIVEN BY THE PILOTS OF THE TWO AIRCRAFT DIFFER IN HOW THE INCIDENT OCCURRED AND AS TO WHETHER OR NOT THE PILOT OF THE CESSNA 172 ACTUALLY STOPPED TO INSPECT THE AIRCRAFT OR NOT. THE PERSON DIRECTING THE CESSNA 172 TO PARKING HAS NOT BEEN ABLE TO BE CONTACTED DESPITE NUMEROUS ATTEMPTS. GIVEN THE DAMAGE CAUSED TO THE PIPER AIRCRAFT, IT SEEMS HIGHLY UNLIKELY THAT THE CESSNA AIRCRAFT WAS NOT DAMAGED AS WELL.

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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