20071020827689I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Cessna 172S · Los Angeles, CA · October 20, 2007

Date
October 20, 2007 · 11:35 local
Place
Los Angeles, CA
Airport
Whiteman
Phase of flight
Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Operator
GBMS
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N65647
Reported as
Cessna 172S
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
99 total93 in this make and model5 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) This was an incident caused by lack of vigilance during taxi operations. The left wingtip struck a fence while pilot was turning to do his runup, resulting in minor, non-structural wingtip damage. The pilot lost situational awareness during taxi operations very close to the fence.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) THIS WAS AN INCIDENT CAUSED BY LACK OF VIGILANCE DURING TAXI OPERATIONS. THE LEFT WINGTIP STRUCK A FENCE WHILE PILOT WAS TURNING TO DO HIS RUNUP, RESULTING IN MINOR, NON-STRUCTURAL WINGTIP DAMAGE. THE PILOT LOST SITUATIONAL AWARENESS DURING TAXI OPERATIONS VERY CLOSE TO THE FENCE.