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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Cessna 172P · West Chicago, IL · July 7, 2006

Date
July 7, 2006 · 16:10 local
Place
West Chicago, IL
Phase of flight
Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N62681
Reported as
Cessna 172P
People aboard
3
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
21,000 total100 in this make and model1 in the last 90 days

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) The pilot privacy data omitted was preparing for a pleasure flight with two passengers (non-rated) and demonstrating pre-flight and flight operations to them. During the preflight the pilot privacy data omitted demonstrated the proper technique to inspect the fuel and wing surfaces on the left wing. After demonstrating the wing and fuel preflight the pilot privacy data omitted asked the passenger to inspect the right wing and fuel using a small ladder. After completing the preflight, the pilot privacy data omitted and passengers entered the aircraft. The pilot privacy data omitted began his taxi and the propeller came into contact with the ladder used by the passenger during the preflight of the right wing and fuel.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) THE PILOT ^PRIVACY D^ WAS PREPARING FOR A PLEASURE FLIGHT WITH TWO PASSENGERS (NON-RATED) AND DEMONSTRATING PRE-FLIGHT AND FLIGHT OPERATIONS TO THEM. DURING THE PREFLIGHT THE PILOT ^PRIVACY D^ DEMONSTRATED THE PROPER TECHNIQUE TO INSPECT THE FUEL AND WING SURFACES ON THE LEFT WING. AFTER DEMONSTRATING THE WING AND FUEL PREFLIGHT THE PILOT ^PRIVACY D^ ASKED THE PASSENGER TO INSPECT THE RIGHT WING AND FUEL USING A SMALL LADDER. AFTER COMPLETING THE PREFLIGHT, THE PILOT ^PRIVACY D^ AND PASSENGERS ENTERED THE AIRCRAFT. THE PILOT ^PRIVACY D^ BEGAN HIS TAXI AND THE PROPELLER CAME INTO CONTACT WITH THE LADDER USED BY THE PASSENGER DURING THE PREFLIGHT OF THE RIGHT WING AND FUEL.

Other reports on N62681 · 1

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