# Incident 20090915050481I: Cessna 172P, Stuart, FL, September 15, 2009

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 15, 2009, 11:15 local time
- Place: Stuart, FL
- Airport: Witham Field
- Damage: Minor damage
- Collision: Collision on the ground
- Phase of flight: Ground/Ramp/Ma
- Operating rules: Pilot school (Part 141)
- Operator: BEJS
- Location: 27.1817° N, 80.2213° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at WITHAM FLD (SUA), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=27.1817&lon=-80.2213&mi=10
- Aircraft: N88EP, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N88EP-2019-05-06) (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
- Reported engine: LYCOMING 0-320 SERIES
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Student
- Pilot flight hours: 35 total, 35 in this make and model, 35 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20090915050481I

## Narrative

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

STUDENT PILOT WAS TAXING A CESSNA 172 ON THE STUART JET CENTER RAMP AFTER COMPLETING A SOLO X-COUNTRY FROM FPR TO SUA. THE 172'S RIGHT WING TIP CONTACTED THE RUDDER TRIM TAB OF A PARKED CESSNA 421 CAUSING A SCUFF MARK ON THE 172'S WING TIP AND MINOR DAMAGE TO THE 421'S RUDDER TRIM TAB.

## Other reports on N88EP (2)

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

- [Accident 20110503008549A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20110503008549A), May 3, 2011: Cessna 172P (N88EP), Fort Pierce, FL, Substantial damage. Pilot training in question. Investigation as to whether they are trained how to decide whether to put in on the go around or go around. Pilot, on landing lost…
- [Incident 20100223004899I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20100223004899I), Feb 23, 2010: Cessna 172P (N88EP), Fort Pierce, FL, Minor damage. Counseling by CFI [privacy data omitted] CFI61.87(b) and 61.87(d) recorded by insp. Meadows and brady. Student performed hard landing damaging the nose gear…

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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