# Incident 20050116001139I: Cessna 172M, Watsonville, CA, January 16, 2005

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 16, 2005, 11:55 local time
- Place: Watsonville, CA
- Airport: Watsonville Municipal Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 36.9357° N, 121.7896° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at WATSONVILLE MUNI (WVI), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.9357&lon=-121.7896&mi=10
- Aircraft: N80377, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N80377) (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
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 110 total, 110 in this make and model, 6 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20050116001139I

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON JANUARY 16, 2005, AT ABOUT 1155 LOCAL TIME, IN A STATEMENT FROM THE PILOT OF N80377 A CESSNA 172-M, WAS TAXIING INTO A PARKING SPACE WHEN THE RIGHT WING TIP HIT THE RUNNING PROPELLER OF N19149. IN A STATEMENT FROM THE PILOT OF N19149, A CESSNA 177B, HAD STARTED HIS AIRCRAFT AND BEGAN TO TAXI OUT WHEN HE NOTICED N80377 TAXIING IN FROM HIS LEFT. THE PILOT STOPPED TO LET THE AIRCRAFT BY. AS THE AIRCRAFT PASSED BY THE RIGHT WING TIP HIT HIS PROPELLER. A COPY OF THIS REPORT HAS BEEN GIVEN TO OPERATIONS UNIT FOR FURTHER ACTION.

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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