# Incident 20150629022269I: Cessna 172P, San Martin, CA, June 29, 2015

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 29, 2015, 12:00 local time
- Place: San Martin, CA
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Taxi
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 37.0829° N, 121.5963° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of San Martin, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.0829&lon=-121.5963&mi=10
- Aircraft: N54102, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N54102) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172P (registry code 2072436, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172p) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172P
- Reported engine: LYCOMING 0-320 SERIES
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 2,736 total, 782 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/20150629022269I

## Narrative

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

PILOT STATED SHE WAS TAXIING DOWN THE TAXIWAY BETWEEN THE PARKING SPOTS AND A LINE OF TREES ALONG THE YELLOW TAXI LINE AT A WALKING PACE AS NORMAL AS AN INSTRUCTOR. THE PILOT STATED SHE GO OVER A SMALL BUMP AND THE PLANE SWERVED TO THE RIGHT. THE PLANE CONTINUED TO ROLL FORWARD DURING THE SWERVE, AND THE PILOT ADDED POWER. DURING THE SWERVE AND SUBSEQUENT FORWARD MOTION THE WING CAME IN LINE WITH THE TREES AND THE WING IMPACTED THE TREE.

THE PILOT FUTHER STATED AFTER EXITING THE PLANE, SHE SAW A FIST-SIZED ROCK IN THE TAXIWAY AND A SMALL, FRESH HOLE IN THE ASPHALT RIGHT IN THE AREA WHERE I FIRST FELT THE WHEEL GO OVER SOMETHING. SHE THINK THIS MAY HAVE BEEN WHAT THE WHEEL HIT WHEN IT FIRST SWERVED.

## Other reports on N54102 (2)

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

- [Incident 20100710038769I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20100710038769I), Jul 10, 2010: Cessna 172P (N54102), San Jose, CA, Minor damage. While taxiing on inside ramp to runway 31R pilot of N54102 became distracted inside cockpit and wingtip struck rear view mirror of fuel truck parked on the…
- [Accident 19921222051099A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19921222051099A), Dec 22, 1992: Cessna 172P (N54102), Andover, NJ, Substantial damage. Landed long and fast and hard on nose wheel. Porpoised. Tried to around at end runway. Settled into bay.

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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