# Incident 20090523009109I: Cessna 172R, Port Aransas, TX, May 23, 2009

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 23, 2009, 13:00 local time
- Place: Port Aransas, TX
- Airport: Mustang Beach
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Taxi
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 27.8118° N, 97.0888° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at MUSTANG BEACH (RAS), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=27.8118&lon=-97.0888&mi=10
- Aircraft: N321WF, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N321WF) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172R (registry code 2072401, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172r) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming I0360 series (registry code 41515, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-i0360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172R
- Reported engine: CONT IO360*
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 194 total, 194 in this make and model, 47 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20090523009109I

## Narrative

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

(-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.

- [Incident 20250901013639I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20250901013639I), Sep 1, 2025: Cessna 172R (N321WF), Denton, TX, Minor damage. On 20250901 at Denton Municipal Airport, 1436 local time, a Cessna 172 aborted takeoff after airspeed indicator did not come alive and ended up outside the…

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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