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Incident · Substantial damage

FAA incident report · Cessna 172C · Sebring, FL · April 25, 2003

Date: April 25, 2003 · 16:00 local
Place: Sebring, FL
Airport: Sebring Regional Airport
Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Substantial damage
Aircraft: N2030Y
Reported as: Cessna 172C

N2030YRegistered now · Cessna 172CS/N 17249530 · Built 1962 Airframe modelCessna 172C Engine modelContinental 0-300 seriesReciprocating

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) Written by clifford wells, mechanic the aircraft is in my position for maintenance. I had done some work on the aircraft and was moving it to the ramp for tie down. The other aircraft hit the right hand wingtip and right hand horizontal tail. The other pilot told me that he was looking off to the right at a pickup truck which was on the taxiway and was not watching where he was going when he hit the aircraft which I was in. The incident happened about 4:00 pm April 25, 2003.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) WRITTEN BY CLIFFORD WELLS, MECHANIC THE AIRCRAFT IS IN MY POSITION FOR MAINTENANCE. I HAD DONE SOME WORK ON THE AIRCRAFT AND WAS MOVING IT TO THE RAMP FOR TIE DOWN. THE OTHER AIRCRAFT HIT THE RIGHT HAND WINGTIP AND RIGHT HAND HORIZONTAL TAIL. THE OTHER PILOT TOLD ME THAT HE WAS LOOKING OFF TO THE RIGHT AT A PICKUP TRUCK WHICH WAS ON THE TAXIWAY AND WAS NOT WATCHING WHERE HE WAS GOING WHEN HE HIT THE AIRCRAFT WHICH I WAS IN. THE INCIDENT HAPPENED ABOUT 4:00 PM APRIL 25, 2003.