# Accident 20050517032959A: Cessna 172P, Islip, NY, May 17, 2005

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 17, 2005, 18:30 local time
- Place: Islip, NY
- Airport: Long Island Mac Arthur
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.7953° N, 73.1003° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.7953&lon=-73.1003&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9344L, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N9344L) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172P (registry code 2072436, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172p) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172P
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 292 total, 27 in this make and model, 10 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB NYC05LA123](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC05LA123) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20050517032959A

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON MAY 17, 2005, AT APPROXIMATELY 1830 LOCAL TIME, THE PILOT ^PRIVACY DATA OMITT^ WAS PILOT IN COMMAND OF CESSNA CE-172-P, N9344L, SERIAL #17276543, REGISTERED TO CIVIL AIR PATROL INC., WHICH WAS OBSERVED DURING TAXI OPERATION STRUCK A PARKED TRUCK, 1983 BLUE GMC STEP VAN, LICENSE PLATE NO. 44832JK, NEW YORK, REGISTERED TO ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ ON TAXIWAY HALSTED, LONG ISLAND MAC ARTHUR AIRPORT, RONKONKOMA, NEW YORK. THE AIRCRAFT RECEIVED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE WITH NO REPORT OF INJURY. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^

## 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 NYC05LA123](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC05LA123), May 17, 2005: Cessna 172P (N9344L), Islip, NY, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to maintain clearance from a parked vehicle while taxiing.

## Other reports on N9344L (1)

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

- [Incident 20190511004359I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20190511004359I), May 11, 2019: Cessna 172P (N9344L), Hartford, CT, Minor damage. On 5/11/2019, at Hartford Brainard airport (hfd), a Cessna 172P, registration number N9344L , serial number 17276543, struck the top of a fuel truck 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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