# Incident 20060707015529I: Cessna 172P, West Chicago, IL, July 7, 2006

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 7, 2006, 16:10 local time
- Place: West Chicago, IL
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.8953° N, 88.2205° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of West Chicago, IL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.8953&lon=-88.2205&mi=10
- Aircraft: N62681, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N62681-2016-06-23) (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: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 21,000 total, 100 in this make and model, 1 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20060707015529I

## Narrative

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

(-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.

- [Accident 20150703010669A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20150703010669A), Jul 3, 2015: Cessna 172P (N62681), Bartlet, IL, Destroyed, 1 fatal. N62681, a CE-172P, reported inbound to dupage airport with the current automatic terminal information service, information ?papa?. The pilot reported a ?rudder…

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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