# Incident 20091123052859I: Cessna 172P, Zelienople, PA, November 23, 2009

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 23, 2009, 08:30 local time
- Place: Zelienople, PA
- Airport: Zelienople Municipal Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Taxi
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.8027° N, 80.1611° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at ZELIENOPLE MUNI (PJC), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.8027&lon=-80.1611&mi=10
- Aircraft: N62104, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N62104) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172P (registry code 2072436, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172p) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172P
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 4,800 total, 0 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20091123052859I

## Narrative

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

WHILE TAXIING TO RW35 THE AIRCRAFT DEPART THE TAXIWAY AND COLLIDED WITH 3-TAXIWAY LIGHTS AND DESTROYED THE TAXIWAY IDENIFICATION SIGN.  THE PILOT CONTINUED TO TAXI TO RUNWAY 35 AND ON THE LEFT TURN TO RUNWAY 35 THE AIRCRAFT COLLIDED WITH 4-TAXIWAY LIGHTS AND DESTROYED THE RUNWAY 35 IDENIFICATION SIGN.  WHEN THE PILOT FINALLY ARRIVED AT THE RUNWAY HE STOPPED THE AIRCRAFT AND EXITED THE AIRCRAFT WITH THE AIRCRAFT ENGINE STILL RUNNING.  THEN THE PILOT ASKED THE MECHANIC THAT HAD ARRIVED ON THE SCENE, TO HELP HIM GET THE AIRCRAFT LINED UP FOR TAKEOFF.  THE MECHANIC STATED, THE PILOT TOLD HIM THAT HE WAS IN A HURRY AND HAD TO GET GOING.  THE PILOT HAD NO IDEA OF WHAT JUST HAD HAPPENED AND WAS COMPLETELY UNAWARE OF THE DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT.  THE MECHANIC TOLD THE PILOT TO GET BACK INTO THE AIRCRAFT AND SHUT THE ENGINE OFF AND THAT HE COULD FLY THE DAMAGED AIRCRAFT.  THE DAMAGED AIRCRAFT WAS TOWED BACK TO THE RAMP WITH SIGNIFICIENT DAMAGE TO THE PROPELLER, ENGINE, AND THE RIGHT LANDING GEAR STRUT.

## Other reports on N62104 (1)

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

- [Incident 19880322019409I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19880322019409I), Mar 22, 1988: Cessna 172P (N62104), Zelienople, PA, Minor damage. Bounced and porpoised on landing. Damaged prop and nose gear. First solo in type.

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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