20071221831839I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Cessna 172R · West Palm Beac, FL · December 21, 2007

Date: December 21, 2007 · 18:15 local
Place: West Palm Beac, FL
Airport: Palm Beach County Park
Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N7273M
Reported as: Cessna 172R
People aboard: 2
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 400 total250 in this make and model150 in the last 90 days

N7273MRegistered now · Cessna 172RS/N 17280761 · Built 1999 Airframe modelCessna 172R Engine modelLycoming I0360 SER A&CReciprocating

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What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

(-23) The pilot privacy data omitted was taxiing out CE-172R, N7273M on the ramp at Palm Beach county airpark to take a friend on a sightseeing flight. The pilot's privacy data omitted brother was on the ramp and noticed that the passenger door was not closed and he ran towards the aircraft screaming for them to stop. The pilot became distracted and taxied into the right side of a parked CE-182T N721ZA causing major damage to the fuselage and right wing of the parked aircraft.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) THE PILOT ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ WAS TAXIING OUT CE-172R, N7273M ON THE RAMP AT PALM BEACH COUNTY AIRPARK TO TAKE A FRIEND ON A SIGHTSEEING FLIGHT. THE PILOT'S ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ BROTHER WAS ON THE RAMP AND NOTICED THAT THE PASSENGER DOOR WAS NOT CLOSED AND HE RAN TOWARDS THE AIRCRAFT SCREAMING FOR THEM TO STOP. THE PILOT BECAME DISTRACTED AND TAXIED INTO THE RIGHT SIDE OF A PARKED CE-182T N721ZA CAUSING MAJOR DAMAGE TO THE FUSELAGE AND RIGHT WING OF THE PARKED AIRCRAFT.

Other reports on N7273M · 1

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

Accident 20070502008999ARoll-Out (Fixed Wing) · West Palm Beac, FL(-23) On may 02, 2007 at approximately 11:50 am Cessna 172R, registration number N7273M was being operated under visual meteorological conditions by student pilot [privacy data omitted] at the lantana airport in west Palm Beach, Florida. The pilot [privacy…May 2, 2007 · Substantial damage