# Incident 20071226829459I: Cessna 172N, San Diego, CA, December 26, 2007

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 26, 2007, 12:28 local time
- Place: San Diego, CA
- Airport: Montgomery Field
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 32.7153° N, 117.1573° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of San Diego, CA, within about 10 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.7153&lon=-117.1573&mi=10
- Aircraft: N734DN, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N734DN) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172N (registry code 2072434, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172n) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172N
- Reported engine: LYC O320*
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Student
- Pilot flight hours: 40 total, 40 in this make and model, 4 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20071226829459I

## Narrative

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

(-23) AT APPROXIMATELY 1228 PST, THIS STUDENT PILOT BEGAN TO TAXI HER AIRCRAFT TOWARDS THE RUNWAY AROUND ANOTHER STATIONARY AIRCRAFT IN THE RUNUP AREA AND MISJUDGED WING TIP CLEARANCE. THE LEADING EDGE OF THE LEFT WING OF THE CESSNA 172 SHE WAS RENTING MADE CONTACT WITH THE REAR EDGE OF THE WINGLET ON THE RIGHT WING OF A PILATUS PC-12/45. THE PILATUS PILOT STATED OVER THE GROUND CONTROL FREQUENCY THAT HIS AIRCRAFT HAD BEEN STRUCK AND REQUESTED THAT THE STUDENT PILOT STOP THE AIRCRAFT AND SHUTDOWN THE ENGINE FOR INSPECTION. THE LEADING EDGE OF THE CESSNA SUSTAINED A 1/4" DEEP GASH AND APPROXIMATELY 4 INCHES OF SURFACE DEFORMATION ABOUT 4 INCHES INBOARD FROM THE WINGTIP THROUGHOUT THE RADIUS OF THE ALUMINUM SKIN. THE PILATUS AIRCRAFT HAD ONE STATIC WICK BENT ABOUT 45 DEGREES AND NO OTHER SIGN OF DAMAGE. THE PILOT ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ RETURNED TO HER AIRCRAFT AND REQUESTED TAXI BACK TO THE RAMP AND TO HER FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR AND DISCONTINUED THE FLIGHT. THE CESSNA AIRCRAFT WAS GROUNDED AND SENT TO MAINTENANCE. THE PILATUS PILOT ADJUSTED THE STATIC WICK AND REPORTED NO FURTHER DAMAGE TO HIS AIRCRAFT AND CONTINUED HIS FLIGHT UNEVENTFULLY.

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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