# Incident 20111230030199I: Cessna 172S, Austin, TX, December 30, 2011

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 30, 2011, 04:30 local time
- Place: Austin, TX
- Airport: Austin/Bergstrum
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Taxi
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 30.2672° N, 97.7431° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Austin, TX, within about 10 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=30.2672&lon=-97.7431&mi=10
- Aircraft: N66103, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N66103-2025-03-08) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172S (registry code 2072439, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172s) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming IO-360-L2A (registry code 41597, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-io-360-l2a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172S
- Reported engine: LYCOMING IO-360-L2A
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 698 total, 66 in this make and model, 8 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20111230030199I

## Narrative

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

PILOT WAS DEPARTING AUS TO WACO.  PILOT WAS INSTRUCTED BY ATC TO TAXI TO RWY 17L VIA LIMA/BRAVO FROM THE SIGNATURE FBO.  PILOT MISTAKENLY TURNED EAST ONTO THE EAST SERVICE ROAD AND WING IMPACTED THE FENCE.  MINOR DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT.

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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