# Incident 20080823844849I: Cessna R182, Seattle, WA, August 23, 2008

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 23, 2008, 11:15 local time
- Place: Seattle, WA
- Airport: Boeing Field/King County International
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 47.5300° N, 122.3019° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at BOEING FLD/KING COUNTY INTL (BFI), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=47.5300&lon=-122.3019&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7303Y, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N7303Y) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna R182 (registry code 2072734, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-r182) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-540 series (registry code 41532, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA R182
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 3,500 total, 900 in this make and model, 5 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20080823844849I

## Narrative

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

(-23) AIRMAN RECEIVED A GROUND CLEARANCE TO TAXI TO RUNWAY 21L VIA BRAVO 6 TAXIWAY BRAVO.  WHEN PILOT SAW THE CONES WHICH CLOSED TAXIWAY BRAVO TO THE NORTH FROM BRAVO 6 INTERSECTION, HE MISINTERPRETED THEM AS HAVING THAT INTERSECTION CLOSED.  HE THEN DECIDED TO USE THE ACCESS ROAD THAT PARALLELS THE BRAVO TAXIWAY.  DURING THIS PORTION OF THE TAXIING, THE PILOT STATED, HIS PASSENGER DROPPED AN OBJECT IN THE COCKPIT WHICH DIVERTED THE PILOTS ATTENTION FROM THE FENCE ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE AIRCRAFT.  IN THE PILOT'S WRITTEN STATEMENT HE NOTED THAT THE ACCESS ROAD HAD A GRADUAL SLOPE TO THE RIGHT.  THE RIGHT WING TIP CAUGHT THE FENCE POST AND MADE THE AIRCRAFT TURN SHARPLY TO THE RIGHT CAUSING A PROPELLER STRIKE THE FENCE TOO.  THE PILOT IMMEDIATELY RETARDED THE THROTTLE AND PULLED THE MIXTURE CONTROL TO IDLE CUTOFF STOPPING THE ENGINE.

## Other reports on N7303Y (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Incident 20180829012549I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20180829012549I), Aug 29, 2018: Cessna R182 (N7303Y), Seattle, WA, Minor damage. Pilot reports practicing a balked-landing / go-around and applied full power to begin the climb-out and r retracted the landing gear. Subsequestnly the PIC…

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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