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FAA accident report · Cessna 172S · Tulsa, OK · February 2, 2008

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Date
February 2, 2008 · 03:30 local
Place
Tulsa, OK
Airport
Richard Lloyd Jones Jr
Phase of flight
Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N766PD
Reported as
Cessna 172S
Reported engine
Lycoming IO360L2A
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
52 total45 in this make and model0 in the last 90 days
N766PDRegistered now · Cessna 172SS/N 172S8419 · Built 2000Airframe modelCessna 172SEngine modelLycoming I0360 SER A&CReciprocating

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What happened

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(-23) Pilot was returning from flight and claimed he could not locate an acceptable parking spot on ramp, so was going to taxi aircraft to end of ramp and park aircraft in front of a grassy area, often used for parking aircraft. Pilot reported that he saw the storm grate located at the end of ramp and was attempting to taxi over grate at which point he lost sight of grate and taxied straight into the open drainage trench causing substantial damage to the aircraft.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) PILOT WAS RETURNING FROM FLIGHT AND CLAIMED HE COULD NOT LOCATE AN ACCEPTABLE PARKING SPOT ON RAMP, SO WAS GOING TO TAXI AIRCRAFT TO END OF RAMP AND PARK AIRCRAFT IN FRONT OF A GRASSY AREA, OFTEN USED FOR PARKING AIRCRAFT. PILOT REPORTED THAT HE SAW THE STORM GRATE LOCATED AT THE END OF RAMP AND WAS ATTEMPTING TO TAXI OVER GRATE AT WHICH POINT HE LOST SIGHT OF GRATE AND TAXIED STRAIGHT INTO THE OPEN DRAINAGE TRENCH CAUSING SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT.