# Accident 20120528013019A: Cessna 172P, Hemet, CA, May 28, 2012

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 28, 2012, 17:00 local time
- Place: Hemet, CA
- Airport: Hemet-Ryan
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Taxi
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.7336° N, 117.0203° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.7336&lon=-117.0203&mi=10
- Aircraft: N216AF, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N216AF) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172P (registry code 2072436, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172p) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172P
- Reported engine: LYCOMING 0-320 SERIES
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Student
- Pilot flight hours: 37 total, 37 in this make and model, 4 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB WPR12CA260](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR12CA260) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20120528013019A

## Narrative

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

STUDENT PILOT STRUCK LIGHTPOLE WHILE TAXIING AIRCRAFT ON AIRPORT RAMP AWAY FROM HOME AIRPORT AFTER LANDING WHILE ON A SOLO CROSS COUNTRY FLIGHT.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB WPR12CA260](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR12CA260), May 28, 2012: Cessna 172P (N216AF), Hemet, CA, substantial damage. Probable cause: The student pilot's failure to monitor and maintain clearance from an obstacle during taxi.

## Other reports on N216AF (1)

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

- [Incident 20110813016809I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20110813016809I), Aug 13, 2011: Cessna 172P (N216AF), San Diego, CA, Substantial damage. N216AF, C172, while taxiing in a non-movement area to parking at kmyf airport, the left wing struck a fuel truck at 1317 PDT. POB 1, injuries: none, damage to…

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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