# Incident 20150808012799I: Cessna 172M, Rochester, IN, August 8, 2015

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 8, 2015, 16:20 local time
- Place: Rochester, IN
- Airport: Fulton County
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Ground/Ramp/Ma
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.0655° N, 86.1817° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at FULTON COUNTY (RCR), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.0655&lon=-86.1817&mi=10
- Aircraft: N12874, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N12874) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172M (registry code 2072418, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172m) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172M
- Reported engine: LYCOMING 0-320 SERIES
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Student
- Pilot flight hours: 24 total, 24 in this make and model, 24 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20150808012799I

## Narrative

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

THE STUDENT PILOT HAD COMPLETED A SOLO FLIGHT AND WAS RETURNING TO PARK AT THE FLYING CLUB HANGAR.  THERE WAS AN AIRCRAFT TAXIING OUTBOUND IN THE OPPOSITE DIRECTION ON THE SAME TAXIWAY.  IN ORDER TO GIVE EXTRA ROOM FOR THE OTHER AIRCRAFT TO PASS ON THE TAXIWAY, THE STUDENT PILOT TURNED TO THE RIGHT AND TAXIED OVER THE SMOOTH, HARD GRASS AND WAS PLANNING ON MAKING A 90 DEGREE LEFT TURN ON TO THE PAVEMENT IN FRONT OF THE HANGAR.  INSTEAD OF MAKING THE TURN, THE RIGHT WING STRUCK THE CORNER OF THE HANGAR ABOUT ONE FOOT FROM THE TIP.  THE TAXIWAY IS 30 FEET WIDE.  THE DISTANCE FROM THE CENTERLINE OF THE TAXIWAY TO THE HANGAR IS 67 FEET.

## Other reports on N12874 (1)

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

- [Incident 20190802017619I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20190802017619I), Aug 2, 2019: Cessna 172M (N12874), Bolingbrook, IL, Minor damage. On August 02, 2019 at 1637 local time the pilot in command (PIC) of N12874 while landing on runway 18 at Bolingbrook?s Clow international airport (1C5) bounced…

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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