# Incident 20111219028252I: Cessna 172R, Chattanooga, TN, December 19, 2011

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 19, 2011, 13:00 local time
- Place: Chattanooga, TN
- Airport: Lovell Field
- Damage: Minor damage
- Collision: Collision on the ground
- Phase of flight: Taxi
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 35.0352° N, 85.2036° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at LOVELL FLD (CHA), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.0352&lon=-85.2036&mi=10
- Aircraft: N52057, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N52057) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172R (registry code 2072401, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172r) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming IO-360-L2A (registry code 41597, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-io-360-l2a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172R
- Reported engine: LYCOMING IO-360-L2A
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Student
- Pilot flight hours: 45 total, 43 in this make and model, 20 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20111219028252I

## Narrative

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

^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ WAS ON HIS FIRST SOLO CROSS COUNTRY FLIGHT AND HAD RETURNED TO LOVELL FIELD.  DURING PREVIOUS TIMES ON THE WILSON AIR RAMP, HE HAD BEEN MARSHALLED INTO THE PARKING PLACE. HE WAS LOOKING AT THE LINEMAN ON A GOLF CART, WHO WAS IN MOTION ON THE RAMP. HE DID NOT SEE THE CE-210 (N732YB) PARKED ON THE RAMP.HE STRUCK THE RIGHT WING OF N732YB WITH THE LEFT WINGTIP OF N52057. THE CHATTANOOGA AIRPORT FIRE DEPARTMENT RESPONDED. CAPTAIN ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^TOOK PHOTOGRAPHS OF THE AIRCRAFT.THE PHOTOGRAPHS WERE FORWARDED TO NTSB INVESTIGATOR PAUL COX ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^. HE CONCURRED THE DAMAGE WOULD CLASSIFY THIS AS AN INCIDENT. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ INSTRUCTOR, ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ , CERTIFICATE ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^, WAS CONTACTED AND INTERVIEWED REGARDING HIS STUDENT. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ WILL GIVE ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ SOME REMEDIAL TRAINING BEFORE FURTHER SOLO FLIGHTS.^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ WAS COUNSELED ABOUT SITUATIONAL AWARENESS WHILE TAXIING BY INSPECTOR ALLEN.THE SAFETY ISSUES ARE ADDRESSED WITH FURTHER TRAINING AND COUNSELING.

## Other aircraft in the event

- N732YB, Cessna T210M: no report for this aircraft; [N732YB](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N732YB) is registered now

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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