# Incident 20150326004469I: Cessna 172S, New Smyrna Beac, FL, March 26, 2015

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 26, 2015, 10:10 local time
- Place: New Smyrna Beac, FL
- Airport: New Smyrna Beach
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Taxi
- Operating rules: Pilot school (Part 141)
- Operator: IHMS
- Location: 29.0104° N, 81.1325° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at NEW SMYRNA BEACH (8FA4), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.0104&lon=-81.1325&mi=10
- Aircraft: N10624, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N10624) (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: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 664 total, 550 in this make and model, 256 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20150326004469I

## Narrative

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

ON MARCH 26, 2015, AT APPROXIMATELY 10.10 AM LOCAL TIME, A FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR STRUCK A LIGHT POLE WITH THE RIGHT FRONT WING OF N10624,  A CESSNA 172S, WHILE TAXIING THE AIRCRAFT AT THE PARKING AREA ON A RAMP AT NEW SMYRNA BEACH AIRPORT DURING DAY VFR CONDITIONS.

THE FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR TOOK THE FLIGHT CONTROLS FROM THE STUDENT WHILE TRYING TO MANEUVER THE AIRCRAFT AWAY FROM THE GRASSY AREA NEXT TO THE PARKING RAMP AFTER GIVING  INSTRUCTION TO THIS STUDENT IN THE TRAFFIC PATTERN IN PREPARATION FOR THE STUDENT'S FIRST SOLO FLIGHT.

THE FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR AND THE STUDENT DID NOT EXPERIENCE ANY INJURIES AND THE AIRCRAFT HAD MINOR DAMAGE ON THE RIGHT FRONT WING AREA.

THIS INCIDENT HAS BEEN HANDLED THROUGH THE FLIGHT SCHOOLS'S 141 ASAP PROGRAM.

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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