# Incident 20080912849869I: Cessna 172S, Wickenburg, AZ, September 12, 2008

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 12, 2008, 11:45 local time
- Place: Wickenburg, AZ
- Airport: Wickenburg Municipal
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.9706° N, 112.7951° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at WICKENBURG MUNI (E25), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.9706&lon=-112.7951&mi=10
- Aircraft: N123GG, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N123GG) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172S (registry code 2072439, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172s) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming IO-360-L2A (registry code 41597, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-io-360-l2a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172S
- Reported engine: LYC IO360L2A
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 504 total, 504 in this make and model, 40 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20080912849869I

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON 9/12/2008, AT 1145 MST, WHILE TAXIING TO PARKING SPORT AT WICKENBERG MUNICIPAL AIRPORT (E25) PILOT DID NOT SEE ALUMINUM LIGHT POLE DUE TO SUN IN HIS EYES AND THE AIRCRAFT LEFT WING LEADING EDGE HIT THE POLE AT A LOW RATE OF SPEED.  THE PILOT INDICATED HE HAD BEEN WAITING FOR ANOTHER AIRCRAFT TO MOVE PRIOR TO HIS POSITIONING FOR THE PARKING SPOT.  THE DAMAGE TO THE LEADING EDGE WAS 10 INCHES INBOARD OF THE LEFT HAND WING TIP, ABOUT 2 INCHES DEEP AND 6 INCHES WIDE.  THE PILOT DID NOT RECEIVE ANY INJURIES, THERE WAS NO DAMAGE TO THE LIGHT POLE.

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