# Incident 20050824018559I: Cessna 172D, Bedford, MA, August 24, 2005

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 24, 2005, 11:30 local time
- Place: Bedford, MA
- Airport: Laurence G Hanscom Fld
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 42.4699° N, 71.2890° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at LAURENCE G HANSCOM FLD (BED), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.4699&lon=-71.2890&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2445Y, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N2445Y) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172D (registry code 2072410, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172d) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental 0-300 series (registry code 17022, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-0-300-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172D
- Reported engine: CONT O300D
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 400 total, 200 in this make and model, 21 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20050824018559I

## Narrative

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

(-23) AT APPROXIMATELY 1130 HRS LOCAL, PIC LANDED AT BED AND REQUESTED INSTRUCTIONS TO TAXI TO THE SIGNATURE RAMP (FBO). GROUND CONTROL INSTRUCTED AND GAVE DIRECTIONS TO THE PIC TO TAXI TO THE SIGNATURE RAMP. WHEN THE AIRCRAFT WAS NEAR THE TURN INTO THE WEST RAMP WHERE SIGNATURE IS LOCATED GROUND CONTROL INFORMED THE PIC TO CONTACT SIGNATURE ON RADIO FREQUENCY 130.8. 2 MINUTES LATER THE PIC CONTACTED GROUND CONTROL FROM JET AVIATION'S RAMP (FBO) AT TAXIWAY S FOR INSTRUCTIONS TO SIGNATURE. GROUND CONTROL AGAIN INSTRUCTED THE PIC TO SIGNATURE VIA TAXIWAY S, SPECIFYING A RIGHT TURN INTO THE RAMP WHEN THE AIRCRAFT WAS AT THE ENTRANCE TO THE TERMINAL RAMP (SOUTH WEST SIDE). UPON INTERVIEWING THE PIC HE STATED THAT HE MISTAKENLY TAXIED HIS AIRCRAFT TOWARDS JET AVIATION VIA A VEHICLE DRIVEWAY PARALLEL TO TAXIWAY S AND WAS NOT AWARE THAT HIS AIRCRAFT STRUCK THE RUDDER OF A PARKED AIRCRAFT (N42LH) LOCATED AT THE VEHICLE DRIVEWAY (NOSE POINTING 15.5 DEG WEST).

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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