# Incident 20130410004749I: Cessna 172S, Gila Bend, AZ, April 10, 2013

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 10, 2013, 07:30 local time
- Place: Gila Bend, AZ
- Airport: Gila Bend
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Taxi
- Operating rules: Pilot school (Part 141)
- Operator: WIWS
- Location: 32.9602° N, 112.6736° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at GILA BEND MUNI (E63), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.9602&lon=-112.6736&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4022W, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N4022W) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172S (registry code 2072439, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172s) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming IO-360-L2A (registry code 41597, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-io-360-l2a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172S
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Student
- Pilot flight hours: 63 total, 3 in this make and model
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20130410004749I

## Narrative

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

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.

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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