FAA incident report · Cessna 172S · Gila Bend, AZ · April 10, 2013
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.
The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.
Pilot landed on runway 4 and needed to use restroom. In a hurry he did not check the area for obstacles and struck his left wing on fuel storage tank.
PILOT LANDED ON RUNWAY 4 AND NEEDED TO USE RESTROOM. IN A HURRY HE DID NOT CHECK THE AREA FOR OBSTACLES AND STRUCK HIS LEFT WING ON FUEL STORAGE TANK.