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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Cessna 152 · Sarasota, FL · July 22, 2011

Date
July 22, 2011 · 09:40 local
Place
Sarasota, FL
Phase of flight
Taxi
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N25820
Reported as
Cessna 152
Reported engine
Lycoming 0-235 series
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Private pilot
Pilot’s flight hours
400 total100 in this make and model3 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.

privacy data omitted Received his taxi instruction, started to taxi from the Cirrus aviation ramp to runway 14 via alpaha. He inadvertantly mistook the perrimeter road for taxiway alpha and struck stop signs on either side of the runway. No injuries. Minor damage to the outboard leading edge of the left wing and a cracked wingtip on the right wing.

As the FAA filed it

^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ RECEIVED HIS TAXI INSTRUCTION, STARTED TO TAXI FROM THE CIRRUS AVIATION RAMP TO RUNWAY 14 VIA ALPAHA. HE INADVERTANTLY MISTOOK THE PERRIMETER ROAD FOR TAXIWAY ALPHA AND STRUCK STOP SIGNS ON EITHER SIDE OF THE RUNWAY. NO INJURIES. MINOR DAMAGE TO THE OUTBOARD LEADING EDGE OF THE LEFT WING AND A CRACKED WINGTIP ON THE RIGHT WING.