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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Cessna 172R · San Carlos, CA · March 9, 2008

Date
March 9, 2008 · 15:00 local
Place
San Carlos, CA
Airport
San Carlos
Phase of flight
Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N54JA
Reported as
Cessna 172R
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Student
Pilot’s flight hours
25 total25 in this make and model25 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) A student pilot privacy data omitted bumped the left side of a parked fire truck in the runup area with his left wing tip. The truck had no damage. The aircraft navigation light was damaged on the left wing of the aircraft. The student pilot stated he misjudged his distance from the fire truck.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) A STUDENT PILOT ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ BUMPED THE LEFT SIDE OF A PARKED FIRE TRUCK IN THE RUNUP AREA WITH HIS LEFT WING TIP. THE TRUCK HAD NO DAMAGE. THE AIRCRAFT NAVIGATION LIGHT WAS DAMAGED ON THE LEFT WING OF THE AIRCRAFT. THE STUDENT PILOT STATED HE MISJUDGED HIS DISTANCE FROM THE FIRE TRUCK.