# Incident 20131115022379I: Cessna 182N, Santa Monica, CA, November 15, 2013

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 15, 2013, 12:30 local time
- Place: Santa Monica, CA
- Airport: Santa Monica Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Taxi
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 34.0158° N, 118.4513° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at SANTA MONICA MUNI (SMO), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.0158&lon=-118.4513&mi=10
- Aircraft: N59MJ, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N59MJ) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 182N (registry code 2072730, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-182n) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 182N
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20131115022379I

## Narrative

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

ON NOVEMBER 15, 2013, ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ LEFT FALCON FIELD AIRPORT (KFFZ) IN MESA ARIZONA ABOUT 10:00 AM. MST IN A CESSNA 182N SN:18260369 N59MJ WITH AN ANGEL FLIGHT PATIENT AND THE PATIENT'S MOTHER. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ LANDED AT SANTA MONICA AIRPORT (KSMO) IN SANTA MONICA, CALIFORNIA ABOUT 12:30 P.M. PST. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ STATED THAT SHE WAS NOT FAMILIAR WITH KSMO AND ASKED GROUND CONTROL FOR PROGRESSIVES TO ANGEL FLIGHT OFFICE. GROUND CONTROL INSTRUCTED ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ TO MAKE A LEFT TURN OFF OF THE TAXIWAY TOWARDS THE AIRPORT ADMINISTRATION BUILDING. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ LEFT TAXIWAY AND PROCEEDED TO TAXI BACK AROUND AN AIRCRAFT TO PULL INTO PARKING SPACE IN FRONT OF BUILDING, WHILE LOOKING OUT THE LEFT SIDE TO AVOID PARKED AIRCRAFT, FELT A BUMP FROM THE RIGHT WING TIP. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ IMMEDIATELY STOPPED THE AIRCRAFT, TURNED OFF THE IGNITION AND EXITED THE AIRCRAFT. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ CHECKED AND SAW THAT THE AIRCRAFT RIGHT WING TIP MADE CONTACT WITH THE STAIRWAY OF THE BUILDING. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ THAN ASKED THE PASSENGERS TO DISEMBARK AND LED THEM TO THE GATE.

DURING THAT TIME AN AIRPORT SECURITY GUARD (SMPD) IN UNIFORM ARRIVED IN HIS CAR, LOOKED AT THE AIRCRAFT AND ASKED FOR ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ CREDENTIALS. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ COMPLIED AND ALSO ASKED THE SECURITY GUARD (SMPD) FOR HELP TO PARK AND FUEL THE AIRCRAFT. THE SECURITY GUARD (SMPD) CALLED THE FUELERS AT AMERICAN FLYERS, WHO HELPED ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ CAREFULLY MOVE THE AIRCRAFT BACK AND AROUND THE OTHER AIRCRAFT TO A PARKING SPACE.

THE SECURITY GUARD (SMPD) RETURNED ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ CREDENTIALS, AT THIS TIME, ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ ASKED THE SECURITY GUARD (SMPD) IF THERE WAS ANYTHING ELSE TO DO AND THE SECURITY GUARD (SMPD), WHO WAS IN TOUCH WITH HIS OFFICE REPLIED "NO, EVERYTHING SEEMED OK". ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ AGAIN CHECKED THE RIGHT WING TIP AND SAW SCRAPED PAINT OFF THE FRONT PLASTIC EDGE OF THE WING TIP. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ CHECKED THE POSITION LIGHTS AND FOUND THEM TO BE WORKING. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ THEN FLEW INTO OXNARD AIRPORT (KOXR) IN OXNARD, CALIFORNIA ABOUT 2:00 P.M. PST. AT THAT AIRPORT, ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ ASKED AN A&P ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ FROM OXNARD JET CENTER TO CHECK THE AIRPLANE. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ LOOKED OVER THE AIRPLANE AND HE AGREED THAT THE DAMAGE WAS MINOR COSMETIC, ONLY ON THE PLASTIC, WITH NO STRUCTURAL CONCERNS. NO REPAIR OR LOGBOOK ENTRY WAS MADE. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ RETURNED HOME TO PAYSON AIRPORT (KPAN)IN PAYSON, ARIZONA. AFTER DISCUSSING WITH OPERATIONS ASI, IT  WAS DETERMINED THAT NO 44709 OR EIR WOULD BE INITIATED. JAMES FERGUSON (ASI-OPS LAXFSDO) COUNSELLED PILOT ON SITUATIONAL AWARENESS DURING TAXIING.

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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