# Incident 20130308003321I: Cessna 172R, Atlanta, GA, March 8, 2013 - Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported - Date: March 8, 2013, 14:01 local time - Place: Atlanta, GA - Airport: Dekalb-Peachtree Airport - Damage: Minor damage - Collision: Collision on the ground - Phase of flight: Taxi - Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91) - Location: 33.8760° N, 84.3020° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at DEKALB-PEACHTREE (PDK), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs) - Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.8760&lon=-84.3020&mi=10 - Aircraft: N109TJ, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N109TJ) (OpenAirDocs) - Registry model: Cessna 172R (registry code 2072401, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172r) (OpenAirDocs) - Registry engine: Lycoming I0360 series (registry code 41515, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-i0360-series) (OpenAirDocs) - Reported make and model: CESSNA 172R - Reported engine: LYCOMING I0-360 - People aboard: 1 - Fatal injuries: 0 - Other injuries: 0 - Pilot certificates: Student - Pilot flight hours: 57 total, 57 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/20130308003321I ## Narrative As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^. N109TJ, A CE-172, WAS BEING OPERATED BY A STUDENT PILOT WHO TAXIED FOR DEPARTURE AT PDK AIRPORT. HE TAXIED FROM THE EAST SIDE OF THE WEST RAMP TO THE RUN-UP AREA LOCATED ON TAXIWAY "ALPHA", BETWEEN TAXIWAYS "ECHO" AND "HOTEL". ANOTHER CE-172, N2105X, WAS ALREADY IN THE RUN-UP AREA. N109TJ MANEUVERED TO THE LEFT SIDE OF N2015X AND PROMPTLY CONDUCTED HIS RUN-UP FOR HIS INITIAL "SOLO" VFR CROSS COUNTRY TRAINING FLIGHT. HE FINISHED HIS RUN-UP BEFORE N2105X AND CONTACTED GROUND CONTROL FOR A TAXI CLEARANCE TO RUNWAY 21R. GROUND CONTROL CLEARED N109TJ TO TAXI TO RWY 21R WITH INSTRUCTIONS TO CONTACT THE TOWER HOLDING SHORT OF RUNWAY 21R. AS N109TJ MANEUVERED PAST N2105X, THE STUDENT PILOT SAID HE THOUGHT THE TWO AIRCRAFT WERE FAR ENOUGH APART SO HE BEGAN HIS TAXI TO RWY 21R. ADDITIONALLY, THE STUDENT PILOT CHANGED THE RADIO TO TOWER FREQUENCY. THE OTHER AIRCRAFT, N2105X, THEN REPORTED TO GROUND CONTROL THAT HE THOUGHT THAT N109TJ'S RIGHT WING MADE CONTACT WITH HIS AIRCRAFT (LEFT WING). THE ATL-FSDO CONTACTED THE PDK ATCT AND THE ASSIGNED INSPECTOR ASKED IF THERE WERE ANY INJURIES OR NOTED DAMAGE. PDK ATCT NOTED THAT THE PILOT OF N2105X NOTED "CONTACT" BUT WAS THEY WERE NOT INFORMED OF ANY DAMAGE. ATCT WANT TO KNOW IF IT WAS ALRIGHT TO RELEASE THE TWO AIRCRAFT FOR FLIGHT. THE FSDO INSPECTOR ASKED FOR BOTH OF THE AIRCRAFT RETURN TO THE RAMP TO COMPLETE AN ACCIDENT REPORT, NOTE ANY DAMAGE AND TO DETERMINE THE AIRWORTHINESS OF BOTH AIRCRAFT. UPON ARRIVING AT PDK, AN INSPECTION OF N2105X NOTED VERY MINOR DAMAGE - 2 NAV LIGHT GLARESHIELDS WERE BENT. THE PILOT WAS ASKED TO PLACE A DISCREPANCY IN THE AIRCRAFT LOG. THE NEXT PILOT WHO WAS ABOUT TO PREFLIGHT THE AIRCRAFT FOR A FLIGHT, WAS INFORMED THAT THE AIRCRAFT WAS INDEED GROUNDED UNTIL THE APPROPRIATE MAINTENANCE PERSONNEL SIGNED OFF THE DISCREPANCY. AFTERWARDS, AN INSPECTION OF N109TJ WAS CONDUCTED AND THERE WAS EVIDENCE THAT THE TOP OUTER RIGHT WING TIP HAD SOME MINOR DAMAGE (PAINT AND SCRATCHES TO THE LAST FOOT OF THE UPPER RIGHT WING SURFACE). THIS AIRCRAFT BELONGED TO A FLIGHT SCHOOL AND THE STUDENT PILOT WAS ASKED TO WRITE A DISCREPANCY INTO THE LOGBOOK FOR MAINTENANCE TO LOOK AT THIS AIRCRAFT AS WELL, BEFORE BEING RELEASED FOR FLIGHT ONCE AGAIN. THE WING OF N109TJ WAS INSPECTED IAW THE CESSNA "MODEL 172, 182, 206 STRUCTURAL REPAIR MANUAL, PROCEDURE 57-10-00" AND RETURNED TO SERVICE AFTER SOME COSMETIC REPAIR TO THE SURFACE (PAINTING). THE TWO GLARESHIELDS THAT WERE BENT ON N2105X WERE REPLACED. BOTH AIRCRAFT WERE SIGNED OFF AND RETURNED TO SERVICE. ## Other reports on N109TJ (2) Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date. - [Incident 20181022020539I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20181022020539I), Oct 22, 2018: Cessna 172R (N109TJ), Atlanta, GA, No damage. On October 22, 2018, at approximately 1400 local time a Cessna aircraft model 172, call sign ?N109JT? Departed Dekalb-Peachtree Airport [pdk] for a pleasure… - [Incident 20100402031419I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20100402031419I), Apr 2, 2010: Cessna 172R (N109TJ), Atlanta, GA, Minor damage. While performing 2nd touch and go on rnwy 20R, landed left of centerline. Raised flaps and applied rt rudder to move aircraft to centerline. Moved left rudder… 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. --- OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). It is not affiliated with the FAA or the NTSB. Source documents are U.S. government works in the public domain.