# Incident 20120802020171I: Cessna 172M, Seldovia, AK, August 2, 2012

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 2, 2012, 17:00 local time
- Place: Seldovia, AK
- Airport: Seldovia
- Damage: Minor damage
- Collision: Collision on the ground
- Phase of flight: Taxi
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 59.4395° N, 151.7104° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Seldovia, AK, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=59.4395&lon=-151.7104&mi=10
- Aircraft: N61684, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N61684) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172M (registry code 2072418, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172m) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172M
- Reported engine: LYCOMING 0-320 SERIES
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 2,000 total, 1,500 in this make and model, 15 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20120802020171I

## Narrative

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

THE PIC OF A C-172 AIRCRAFT ALLOWED THE PASSENGER, WHO OWNS THE C-172, TO OPERATE THE AIRCRAFT DURING A FLIGHT FROM MERRILL FIELD TO SELDOVIA AND BACK INCLUDING TAXIING THE AIRCRAFT.FOR THE RETURN FLIGHT TO MERRILL FIELD, THE PASSENGER WAS OPERATING THE AIRCRAFT WHEN HE TAXIIED THE C-172 INTO AND DAMAGED A PARKED C-185 AIRCRAFT WHICH IS OWNED BY THE COMPLAINANT. THE COMPLAINANT SAW THE OCCURRENCE AND REPORTED IT TO THE LOCAL SHERIFF WHO THEN FILED A REPORT OF THE EVENT.THE PIC HAS 65 TOTAL HOURS. THE PASSENGER HAS OVER 2,000 HOURS AND HOLDS A COMMERCIAL PILOT CERTIFICATE; HOWEVER, HE NO LONGER HOLDS A VALID MEDICAL AND, THEREFORE, IS NOT ALLOWED TO ACT AS PIC.THE PIC ALLOWED THE PASSENGER TO FLY THE C-172 BACK TO MERRILL FIELD. ONLY VERY MINOR DAMAGE OCCURRED TO THE COMPLAINANT'S C-185 AIRCRAFT AT A TOTAL COST OF $1,070.

## Other reports on N61684 (2)

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

- [Accident 19850805038549A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19850805038549A), Aug 5, 1985: Cessna 172M (N61684), Chickaloon Flat, AK, Substantial damage. After touchdown nose wheel went into gulley of soft clay. Aircraft nosed over.
- [Accident 19770921029049A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19770921029049A), Sep 21, 1977: Cessna 172M (N61684), Eureka, CA, Substantial damage

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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