20151226022229A

Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Cessna 172N · Punta Gorda, FL · December 26, 2015

Date: December 26, 2015 · 17:05 local
Place: Punta Gorda, FL
Airport: Puntagorda Airport
Phase of flight: Ground/Ramp/Ma
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Substantial damage
Aircraft: N4776E
NTSB investigation: NTSBGAA16CA096
Reported as: Cessna 172N
Reported engine: Lycoming 0-320 series
People aboard: 1
Fatal injuries: 0
Other injuries: 0
Pilot’s certificate: Student
Pilot’s flight hours: 47 total31 in this make and model19 in the last 90 days

N4776ERegistered now · Cessna 172NS/N 17271641 · Built 1978 Airframe modelCessna 172N Engine modelLycoming 0-320 seriesReciprocating

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What happened

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On 26 December 2015, at 1705 EST, a Cessna 172, N4776E, struck concrete light pole with its left wing. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed at the time. The aircraft was taxiing to a parking spot and struck the light pole with the left wing leading edge approx. 2.5' from the wingtip. The pilot was uninjured. The aircraft suffered substantial damage. The strike caused an approx. 2" deep dent in the leading edge, and caused the aft top side skin of the wing, between the fuselage and flaps, to wrinkle and buckle up in several places in an approx. 2' x 2' area. Subsequent inspection by maintenance personnel revealed that the aft wing spar was buckled which necessitated a re-wing of the aircraft.

As the FAA filed it

ON 26 DECEMBER 2015, AT 1705 EST, A CESSNA 172, N4776E, STRUCK CONCRETE LIGHT POLE WITH ITS LEFT WING. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME. THE AIRCRAFT WAS TAXIING TO A PARKING SPOT AND STRUCK THE LIGHT POLE WITH THE LEFT WING LEADING EDGE APPROX. 2.5' FROM THE WINGTIP. THE PILOT WAS UNINJURED. THE AIRCRAFT SUFFERED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE. THE STRIKE CAUSED AN APPROX. 2" DEEP DENT IN THE LEADING EDGE, AND CAUSED THE AFT TOP SIDE SKIN OF THE WING, BETWEEN THE FUSELAGE AND FLAPS, TO WRINKLE AND BUCKLE UP IN SEVERAL PLACES IN AN APPROX. 2' X 2' AREA. SUBSEQUENT INSPECTION BY MAINTENANCE PERSONNEL REVEALED THAT THE AFT WING SPAR WAS BUCKLED WHICH NECESSITATED A RE-WING OF THE AIRCRAFT.

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.

NTSB GAA16CA096Accident · No injuriesData collectionFinal reportPunta Gorda, FLThe student pilot's failure to maintain obstacle clearance while taxiing on the ramp, resulting in a collision with an object.Dec 26, 2015 · Substantial damage

Other reports on N4776E · 2

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

Accident 19991024037229ATakeoff Ground Roll · Crandon, WI(.19) On October 24, 1999, at 2145 central daylight time, a Cessna 172N, N4776E, collided with a deer on takeoff from runway 29 at the Crandon Municipal Airport, Crandon, Wisconsin. The private pilot and his passenger were not injured. The airplane was…Oct 24, 1999 · Substantial damage Accident 19960628015549ANewry, PAAircraft landed on runway with inoperative aispeed indicator, approach too fast, ran off end of runway, hit ditch.Jun 28, 1996 · Substantial damage