# Incident 20080323014249I: Mooney M20E, Lexington, SC, March 23, 2008

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 23, 2008, 16:45 local time
- Place: Lexington, SC
- Airport: Whiteplains
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.9639° N, 81.3583° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at WHITEPLAINS (SC99), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.9639&lon=-81.3583&mi=10
- Aircraft: N79866, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N79866) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Mooney M20E (registry code 5870212, https://openairdocs.org/model/mooney-m20e) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming I0360 series (registry code 41515, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-i0360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: MOONEY M20E
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 436 total, 27 in this make and model, 24 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20080323014249I

## Narrative

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

(-23) THE PILOT LANDED THE AIRPLANE AND WAS TAXIING TO A PARKING SPOT WITH A PASSENGER ON BOARD. DURING THE TAXI, THE PILOT MISJUDGED THE DISTANCE FROM THE LEFT WING TIP TO A TREE. THE LEFT WING TIP STRUCK THE TREE ON THE LEADING EDGE APPROXIMATELY 8 INCHES FROM THE TIP. THE AIRPLANE WAS SUBJECT TO MINOR DAMAGE AND NO INJURIES WERE REPORTED.

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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