# Incident 20120108000749I: Cessna 172N, Hawthorne, CA, January 8, 2012

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 8, 2012, 22:00 local time
- Place: Hawthorne, CA
- Airport: Hawthorne
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Taxi
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.9148° N, 118.3481° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Hawthorne, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.9148&lon=-118.3481&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3318E, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N3318E) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172N (registry code 2072434, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172n) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172N
- Reported engine: LYCOMING 0-320 SERIES
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 600 total, 203 in this make and model, 42 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20120108000749I

## Narrative

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

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.

- [Accident 20071117827099A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20071117827099A), Nov 17, 2007: Cessna 172N (N3318E), Atwater, CA, Substantial damage. (-23) On 11/17/2007 the student pilot [privacy data omitted] was conducting his first solo flight at Castle Airport (mer) in Atwater, CA when the accident…
- [Accident 19911003044599A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19911003044599A), Oct 3, 1991: Cessna 172N (N3318E), Palo Alto, CA, Substantial damage. Drifted nose high off runway on takeoff. Stall mushed. Struck trees. Rudder trim 50 percent off neutral.

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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