# Incident 20150117001399I: Cessna 172S, Bedford, MA, January 17, 2015

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 17, 2015, 12:53 local time
- Place: Bedford, MA
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Taxi
- Operating rules: Pilot school (Part 141)
- Operator: LP8S
- Location: 42.4906° N, 71.2762° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Bedford, MA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.4906&lon=-71.2762&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3509Q, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N3509Q) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172S (registry code 2072439, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172s) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming I0-360-B1E (registry code 41559, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-i0-360-b1e) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172S
- Reported engine: LYCOMING I0-360-B1E
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, flight instructor, private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 500 total, 300 in this make and model, 123 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20150117001399I

## Narrative

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

THE INSTRUCTOR AND STUDENT PILOT WERE RETURNING FROM A  FLIGHT. THE STUDENT WAS IN THE LEFT SEAT. AS THEY RETURNED TO PARKING AREA THERE WAS A FUEL TRUCK PARKED ALONG THE TAXIWAY LEADING TO THE PARKING SPOT, ON THE LEFT SIDE OF THE AIRCRAFT. THE INSTRUCTOR CALLED OUT TO THE STUDENT REGARDING THE FUEL TRUCK, HE ACKNOWLEDGED THAT HE SAW THE TRUCK. THE INSTRUCTOR TURNED HIS ATTENTION TO THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE AIRCRAFT WHERE THERE WERE OTHER AIRCRAFT PARKED. THEY DETERMINED THEY HAD ENOUGH CLEARANCE TO PROCEED TO THE PARKING SPOT. AS THEY PROCEEDED SLOWLY THE LEFT HAND WING TIP AND LE WING STRUCK THE LEFT HAND SIDE MIRROR OF THE FUEL TRUCK. THEY IMMEDIATELY STOPPED AND NOTIFIED THE TOWER. THERE WERE NO INJURIES OR FUEL SPILLED. THE INSTRUCTOR STATED TO ME THAT THE FUEL TRUCK IS NOT NORMALLY PARKED IN THAT LOCATION. THE STUDENT WAS IN THE PROCESS OF TAKING SOME REFRESHER FLIGHTS BECAUSE HE IS IN THE PROCESS OF REQUESTING A STATEMENT OF DEMONSTRATED ABILITY FROM THE FAA BECAUSE OF THE LIMITED VISION IN HIS LEFT EYE.

## Other reports on N3509Q (1)

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

- [Incident 20060418006349I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20060418006349I), Apr 18, 2006: Cessna 172S (N3509Q), Stillwater, OK, Minor damage. (-23) On April 18, 2006 a student pilot on his first solo cross country lost directional control while making a crosswind landing on runway 35 at the…

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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