# Incident 20071012828349I: Cessna 172M, Gainesville, FL, October 12, 2007

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 12, 2007, 20:50 local time
- Place: Gainesville, FL
- Airport: Gainesville Regional
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 29.6901° N, 82.2718° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at GAINESVILLE RGNL (GNV), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.6901&lon=-82.2718&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9543H, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N9543H) (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 O320*
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 114 total, 16 in this make and model, 79 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20071012828349I

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON 12 OCTOBER, 2007, AT 2050 EDT, A CESSNA 172M, SERIAL NUMBER 17266216, N9543H, OPERATED BY INTERNATIONAL STUDENT PILOT ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ MADE A WRONG TURN WHILE TAXIING TO THE LOCAL FBO AND HIT A CANOPY STANCHION ON THE MAINTENANCE LINE AT THE GAINESVILLE REGIONAL AIRPORT, FLORIDA. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME OF THE INCIDENT. THE IMPACT RIPPED OFF THE RIGHT WING TIP FAIRING. THE PILOT AND PASSENGER WERE NOT INJURED. THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED IN MIAMI, FLORIDA, ON 12 AUGUST, 2007, AT 1730 HOURS.

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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