# Incident 20131223024679I: Cessna 172S, New Smyrna Beac, FL, December 23, 2013

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 23, 2013, 08:45 local time
- Place: New Smyrna Beac, FL
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Taxi
- Operating rules: Pilot school (Part 141)
- Location: 29.0258° N, 80.9270° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of New Smyrna Beach, FL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.0258&lon=-80.9270&mi=10
- Aircraft: N35549, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N35549-2019-03-05) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172S (registry code 2072439, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172s) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming I0360 series (registry code 41515, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-i0360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172S
- Reported engine: LYCOMING I0360 SER
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 334 total, 257 in this make and model, 41 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20131223024679I

## Narrative

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

WHILE STUDENT PILOT WAS TAXIING AIRCRAFT TO RAMP FOLLOWING FLIGHT, FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR ASSUMED THE FLIGHT CONTROLS AND MANEUVERED THE AIRCRAFT OFF OF THE PAVED RAMP AREA INTO THE GRASS IN ORDER TO TAXI FORWARD INTO A TIE DOWN SPOT LOCATED AT THE RAMP'S EDGE OF PAVEMENT. FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR FAILED TO NOTICE CONCRETE LIGHT POLE IN CLOSE PROXIMITY TO TIE DOWN SPOT AND ALLOWED AIRCRAFT'S RIGHT WING TO STRIKE LIGHT POLE, CAUSING  MINOR DAMAGE TO LEADING EDGE OF WING.

## Other reports on N35549 (2)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Incident 20110105007129I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20110105007129I), Jan 5, 2011: Cessna 172S (N35549), New Smyrna Beac, FL, Minor damage. Student pilot on first-ever solo landing touched down kevb rw 29 with longitudinal axis aligned right of centerline. Aircraft rolled out to right. Right wing…
- [Incident 20030624011239I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20030624011239I), Jun 24, 2003: Cessna 172S (N35549), Portland, ME. (-23) On 6/24/2003, Mr. Julian weinstein, pilot-in-command of Cessna 172, N35549, veered off the runway and onto the grass on landing at the Portland Jetport.…

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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