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Incident · Substantial damage

FAA incident report · Cessna 172N · Hawthorne, CA · January 8, 2012

Date
January 8, 2012 · 22:00 local
Place
Hawthorne, CA
Airport
Hawthorne
Phase of flight
Taxi
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N3318E
Reported as
Cessna 172N
Reported engine
Lycoming 0-320 series
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Private pilot
Pilot’s flight hours
600 total203 in this make and model42 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.

Airman landed after hours, tower was closed. During taxi to parking, aircraft landing light began turning on and off. Airman reached down to work landing switch, and during this distraction, ran over taxi lights.

As the FAA filed it

AIRMAN LANDED AFTER HOURS, TOWER WAS CLOSED. DURING TAXI TO PARKING, AIRCRAFT LANDING LIGHT BEGAN TURNING ON AND OFF. AIRMAN REACHED DOWN TO WORK LANDING SWITCH, AND DURING THIS DISTRACTION, RAN OVER TAXI LIGHTS.

Other reports on N3318E · 2

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