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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Cessna 172S · Palm Coast, FL · August 25, 2013

Date
August 25, 2013 · 12:10 local
Place
Palm Coast, FL
Airport
Flagler County
Phase of flight
Taxi
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Collision
Collision on the ground
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N385ER
Reported as
Cessna 172S
Reported engine
Lycoming IO-360-L2A
People aboard
3
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Private pilot
Pilot’s flight hours
125 total117 in this make and model22 in the last 90 days

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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

The flt school operator of the acft rptd the following: the PIC was on a rental flight to kxfl for lunch with two pax. After ldg, the PIC taxied the acft to the FBO and turned on to the ramp. The rt wingtip struck the rudder trim tab of an unoccupied LR-35 (N58MM) that was parked on the ramp.

Damage to N385ER consisted of a broken nav light lens cover and scratched paint on the wing tip. Visible damage to the parked acft consisted of paint transfer marks on the trailing edge of the rudder trim tab.

The PIC was reportedly taxiing on a taxi centerline when the incident occurred. School personnel who inspected the site rptd the tail contact point on the parked acft was about 18' 2" from the centerline, and noted that there were no obstructions that would have precluded the PIC from taxiing slightly to the left of the centerline to avoid contacting the parked acft.

As the FAA filed it

THE FLT SCHOOL OPERATOR OF THE ACFT RPTD THE FOLLOWING: THE PIC WAS ON A RENTAL FLIGHT TO KXFL FOR LUNCH WITH TWO PAX. AFTER LDG, THE PIC TAXIED THE ACFT TO THE FBO AND TURNED ON TO THE RAMP. THE RT WINGTIP STRUCK THE RUDDER TRIM TAB OF AN UNOCCUPIED LR-35 (N58MM) THAT WAS PARKED ON THE RAMP.

DAMAGE TO N385ER CONSISTED OF A BROKEN NAV LIGHT LENS COVER AND SCRATCHED PAINT ON THE WING TIP. VISIBLE DAMAGE TO THE PARKED ACFT CONSISTED OF PAINT TRANSFER MARKS ON THE TRAILING EDGE OF THE RUDDER TRIM TAB.

THE PIC WAS REPORTEDLY TAXIING ON A TAXI CENTERLINE WHEN THE INCIDENT OCCURRED. SCHOOL PERSONNEL WHO INSPECTED THE SITE RPTD THE TAIL CONTACT POINT ON THE PARKED ACFT WAS ABOUT 18' 2" FROM THE CENTERLINE, AND NOTED THAT THERE WERE NO OBSTRUCTIONS THAT WOULD HAVE PRECLUDED THE PIC FROM TAXIING SLIGHTLY TO THE LEFT OF THE CENTERLINE TO AVOID CONTACTING THE PARKED ACFT.