# Incident 20071020827689I: Cessna 172S, Los Angeles, CA, October 20, 2007

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 20, 2007, 11:35 local time
- Place: Los Angeles, CA
- Airport: Whiteman
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Operator: GBMS
- Location: 34.2593° N, 118.4134° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at WHITEMAN (WHP), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.2593&lon=-118.4134&mi=10
- Aircraft: N65647, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N65647) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172S (registry code 2072439, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172s) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming IO-360-L2A (registry code 41597, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-io-360-l2a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172S
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 99 total, 93 in this make and model, 5 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20071020827689I

## Narrative

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

(-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.

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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