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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Cessna 172R · Port Aransas, TX · May 23, 2009

Date: May 23, 2009 · 13:00 local
Place: Port Aransas, TX
Airport: Mustang Beach
Phase of flight: Taxi
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N321WF
Reported as: Cessna 172R
Reported engine: Continental IO360*
People aboard: 1
Fatal injuries: 0
Other injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 194 total194 in this make and model47 in the last 90 days

N321WFRegistered now · Cessna 172RS/N 17280987 · Built 2001 Airframe modelCessna 172R Engine modelLycoming I0360 seriesReciprocating

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What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

(-23) Private pilot on second leg of his commercial pilot long cross country flight exited runway at Mustang Beach Airport, Port Aransas, Texas looking for a parking spot so that he could have the aircraft fueled. Pilot became confused with non standard taxi marking and while watching pedestrians walking across the ramp allowed the right wing of his aircraft to strike a parked aircraft's vertical stabilizer whose tail section was protrudig out into the taxi area of the parking ramp.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) PRIVATE PILOT ON SECOND LEG OF HIS COMMERCIAL PILOT LONG CROSS COUNTRY FLIGHT EXITED RUNWAY AT MUSTANG BEACH AIRPORT, PORT ARANSAS, TEXAS LOOKING FOR A PARKING SPOT SO THAT HE COULD HAVE THE AIRCRAFT FUELED. PILOT BECAME CONFUSED WITH NON STANDARD TAXI MARKING AND WHILE WATCHING PEDESTRIANS WALKING ACROSS THE RAMP ALLOWED THE RIGHT WING OF HIS AIRCRAFT TO STRIKE A PARKED AIRCRAFT'S VERTICAL STABILIZER WHOSE TAIL SECTION WAS PROTRUDIG OUT INTO THE TAXI AREA OF THE PARKING RAMP.

Other reports on N321WF · 1

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

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