# Incident 20080309011939I: Cessna 172R, San Carlos, CA, March 9, 2008

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 9, 2008, 15:00 local time
- Place: San Carlos, CA
- Airport: San Carlos
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 37.5119° N, 122.2495° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at SAN CARLOS (SQL), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.5119&lon=-122.2495&mi=10
- Aircraft: N54JA, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N54JA) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172R (registry code 2072401, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172r) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming I0360 series (registry code 41515, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-i0360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172R
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Student
- Pilot flight hours: 25 total, 25 in this make and model, 25 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20080309011939I

## Narrative

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

(-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.

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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