# Accident 20081013851459A: Cessna 172P, Delphi, IN, October 13, 2008

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 13, 2008, 10:10 local time
- Place: Delphi, IN
- Airport: Delphi Municipal
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Taxi
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.5428° N, 86.6817° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.5428&lon=-86.6817&mi=10
- Aircraft: N63366, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N63366) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172P (registry code 2072436, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172p) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172P
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Student
- Pilot flight hours: 64 total, 64 in this make and model, 18 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN09CA017](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN09CA017) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20081013851459A

## Narrative

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

(-23) THE PILOT LANDED SOLO AT DELPHI AIRPORT (1I9) TO MEET THE EXAMINER FOR HIS PRIVATE PILOT PRACTICAL TEST.  HE COULD NOT FIND A PLACE TO PARK ON THE MAIN RAMP.  THE MAIN RAMP HAD AIRCRAFT PARKED ON IT, AND AIRCRAFT WERE ALSO PARKED ON THE GRASS ADJACENT TO THE RAMP ON THE SOUTH AND WEST EDGES.  HE DECIDED TO PARK ON THE PAVEMENT SOUTH OF THE RAMP.  HE WAS ON THE WEST TAXIWAY HEADED SOUTHBOUND AND WAS LOOKING OUT OF THE LEFT SIDE WINDOW TO MAINTAIN CLEARANCE FROM A PARKED AIRCRAFT.  HE HIT THE RIGHT WING AGAINST A HANGAR, WITH THE WINGTIP CONTACTING THE HANGAR ABOUT ONE FOOT FROM THE EDGE OF THE BUILDING.  THE PILOT HAD FLOWN TO 1I9 THREE DAYS PRIOR WITH HIS FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR AND HAD TAXIED TO THE MAIN RAMP AND WAS INSTRUCTED THAT WAS WHERE HE WAS SUPPOSED TO PARK AND THAT THE AIRPORT WOULD NOT BE BUSY.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB CEN09CA017](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN09CA017), Oct 13, 2008: Cessna 172P (N63366), Delphi, IN, substantial damage. Probable cause: The student pilot's failure to maintain separation from a hangar building while taxiing. Contributing to the accident was the hangar building.

## Other reports on N63366 (2)

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

- [Incident 20260620006479I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20260620006479I), Jun 20, 2026: Cessna 172P (N63366), Lafayette, IN, No damage. On June 20, 2026, at approximently 19:00 local time, at the Purdue University Airport (laf), [privacy data omitted], a Cessna skyhawk (CE-172-P) was landing on…
- [Incident 19990129021209I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19990129021209I), Jan 29, 1999: Cessna 172P (N63366), Chicago, IL, Minor damage. While being marshalled to a parking spot, acft struck a fence with the right wingtip and the acft turned into a concrete curb in front of the fence. The prop…

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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