# Incident 20130914017449I: Cessna 172S, Wickenburg, AZ, September 14, 2013

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 14, 2013, 10:00 local time
- Place: Wickenburg, AZ
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Taxi
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Operator: WP9A
- Location: 33.9858° N, 112.7683° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Wickenburg, AZ, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.9858&lon=-112.7683&mi=10
- Aircraft: N21714, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N21714) (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
- Reported engine: LYCOMING IO-360-L2A
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Student
- Pilot flight hours: 70 total, 70 in this make and model, 69 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20130914017449I

## Narrative

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

STUDENT PILOT TAXIING TO PARKING WAS DISTRACTED WITH RADIO ISSUES AND FAILED TO SEE THE LIGHT POLE.  LEFT WING STRUCK LIGHT POLE NEAR AIRCRAFT LANDING LIGHT, BETWEEN TWO OF THE WING RIBS.  CAUSING A DENT APPROXIMATELY 3 INCHES DEEP IN THE LEADING EDGE OF THE WING.

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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