# Incident 20070222003309I: Cessna 152, Melbourne, FL, February 22, 2007

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 22, 2007, 14:50 local time
- Place: Melbourne, FL
- Airport: Melbourne Regional
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Operator: Y85S
- Location: 28.0836° N, 80.6081° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Melbourne, FL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=28.0836&lon=-80.6081&mi=10
- Aircraft: N46725, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N46725) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 152 (registry code 2071835, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-152) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-235 series (registry code 41505, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-235-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 152
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Student
- Pilot flight hours: 80 total, 80 in this make and model, 40 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20070222003309I

## Narrative

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

(-23) THE STUDENT PILOT WAS TAXIING TO THE RAMP AT F.I.T. AVIATION AFTER COMPLETING THE SECOND LEG OF A SOLO CROSS-COUNTRY FLIGHT WHEN THE LEFT WING TIP OF THE CESSNA 152 IMPACTED AND DEFLECTED THE RUDDER OF A PARKED BEECH G58 AIRCRAFT. THE FIBERGLASS WING TIP OF THE 152 SUSTAINED SUPERFICIAL SCRATCHES. VISIBLE EXTERNAL DAMAGE TO THE PARKED & UNOCCUPIED BEECH G58 (N6039U) INCLUDED RUDDER SKIN DAMAGE AND FRACTURE SEPARATION OF THE TRIM TAB CONTROL ROD. INVESTIGATION REVEALED THAT THE AIRCRAFT HAD BEEN TAXIING ABOUT 8 FEET TO THE LEFT OF TAXI PATH CENTERLINE WHEN IT CONTACTED THE BEECH RUDDER. THE STUDENT PILOT WAS ASKED WHY SHE HAD NOT KEPT THE AIRCRAFT ON THE CENTERLINE, AND SHE INDICATED THAT HER ATTENTION HAD BEEN FOCUSED ON FOLLOWING THE (FBO) GOLF CART THAT WAS DIRECTING HER TO THE PARKING AREA. THIS WAS REPORTEDLY THE STUDENT'S FIRST SOLO CROSS COUNTRY FLIGHT. HER SOLO CROSS-COUNTRY ENDORSEMENT WAS DATED 2/21/07.

## Other reports on N46725 (4)

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

- [Incident 19980529024349I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19980529024349I), May 29, 1998: Cessna 152 (N46725), Saluda, VA, Minor damage. Student landed hard bounced twice collapsing the nose gear. Prop strike.
- [Accident 19921213055299A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19921213055299A), Dec 13, 1992: Cessna 152 (N46725), Quaker Street, NY, Substantial damage. Believed only 2 to 4 inches snow on unplowed runway when in fact was 20 inches. Aircraft nosed up in deep snow.
- [Accident 19900309003769A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19900309003769A), Mar 9, 1990: Cessna 152 (N46725), Glens Falls, NY, Substantial damage. Solo student on touch and go distracted by departing traffic aborted, lost control and veered into snowbank.
- [Incident 19870815067489I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19870815067489I), Aug 15, 1987: Cessna 152 (N46725), Salem, NY. Landed in a open field due to a rough engine. Student pilot failed to lean mixture for en route altitude.

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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