# Incident 20041130030159I: Cessna 172N, Paso Robles, CA, November 30, 2004

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 30, 2004, 12:00 local time
- Place: Paso Robles, CA
- Airport: Paso Robles Municipal
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Operator: NZDS
- Location: 35.6729° N, 120.6271° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at PASO ROBLES MUNI (PRB), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.6729&lon=-120.6271&mi=10
- Aircraft: N739HE, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N739HE) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172N (registry code 2072434, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172n) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172N
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Student
- Pilot flight hours: 65 total, 65 in this make and model, 51 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20041130030159I

## Narrative

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

(-23) STUDENT PILOT STATED THAT WHEN SHE PRESSED ON THE BRAKE PEDALS, THE RIGHT BRAKE FAILED TO STOP THE AIRCRAFT AS SHE APPROACHED THE FUEL PUMP. THE AIRCRAFT LEFT WING STRUCK THE LIGHTED POLE BETWEEN BOTH FUEL PUMPS AND THE PROPELLER STRUCK THE "U" SHAPED METAL BRACKET THAT STORES THE FUELING HOSE.

## Other reports on N739HE (1)

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

- [Accident 19971128040399A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19971128040399A), Nov 28, 1997: Cessna 172N (N739HE), San Jose, CA, Substantial damage. (.19) On November 28, 1997, at 1300 hours pacific standard time, a Cessna 172N, N739HE, sustained substantial damage when it veered off runway 31R while…

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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