# Incident 20061228030279I: Cessna 172M, South Bend, IN, December 28, 2006

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 28, 2006, 18:05 local time
- Place: South Bend, IN
- Airport: Michiana Regional
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Other Ground Ops
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.6834° N, 86.2500° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of South Bend, IN, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.6834&lon=-86.2500&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9005H, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N9005H) (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
- Reported engine: LYC O320E2D
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 293 total, 293 in this make and model, 10 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20061228030279I

## Narrative

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

(-23) THE PILOT OF THE CE-172M, N9005H, WAS PERFORMING LOCAL PROFICIENCY FLYING AROUND THE PATTERN AT SOUTH BEND REGIONAL AIRPORT. AFTER RETURNING FROM FLIGHT, THE PILOT TAXIED AND PARKED IN FRONT OF A T-HANGAR IN CLOSE PROXIMITY TO WHERE HE NORMALLY STORES HIS AIRCRAFT. THE PILOT STATED THAT HE SET BRAKES IN ATTEMPT TO TROUBLESHOOT A PROBLEM WITH A PORTABLE GPS. HE SAID HE KEPT THE AIRCRAFT POWER SLIGHTLY ABOVE IDLE, LEAN MIXTURE. HE WAS LOOKING DOWN TO DETERMINE THE CAUSE OF THE APPARENT GPS PROBLEM WHEN THE AIRCRAFT SLOWLY PROCEEDED FORWARD AND STRUCK THE HANGAR. THE DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT WAS MINOR, LIMITED TO PROPELLER AND SPINNER WITH POTENTIAL FOR HIDDEN DAMAGE TO ENGINE. THE T-HANGAR HAD MINOR LOCALIZED DAMAGE. THERE WERE NO INJURIES REPORTED. THE PILOT FAILED TO PAY ATTENTION TO THE CONTROL OF THE AIRCRAFT AND TAKE NECESSARY PRECAUTIONS TO SAFETY WHILE ATTEMPTING TO TROUBLESHOOT A PROBLEM. HE STATED HE WAS UNAWARE THE AIRCRAFT WAS MOVING UNTIL HE FELT IMPACT.

## Other reports on N9005H (1)

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

- [Incident 19810226013779I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19810226013779I), Feb 26, 1981: Cessna 172M (N9005H), South Bend, IN, Minor damage. Aircraft failed to lift off, overran end of runway. Found brake lining wore out and engine low on power at static.

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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