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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Cessna 172 · Suppesville, KS · July 8, 2009

Date
July 8, 2009
Place
Suppesville, KS
Phase of flight
Taxi
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N6207E
Reported as
Cessna 172
People aboard
4
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
520 total200 in this make and model10 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

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

While taxiing for takeoff, the instructor looked down to sort out charts. The student lost control of the aircraft and taxiied into a fence. Minor damage, no injuries.

As the FAA filed it

WHILE TAXIING FOR TAKEOFF, THE INSTRUCTOR LOOKED DOWN TO SORT OUT CHARTS. THE STUDENT LOST CONTROL OF THE AIRCRAFT AND TAXIIED INTO A FENCE. MINOR DAMAGE, NO INJURIES.