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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Cessna 172S · Santa Monica, CA · January 26, 2016

Date: January 26, 2016 · 09:23 local
Place: Santa Monica, CA
Airport: Santa Monica Municipal Airport
Phase of flight: Taxi
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N571SP
Reported as: Cessna 172S
Reported engine: Lycoming I0360 series
People aboard: 1
Fatal injuries: 0
Other injuries: 0
Pilot’s certificate: Student
Pilot’s flight hours: 85 total85 in this make and model32 in the last 90 days

N571SPRegistered now · Cessna 172SS/N 172S8496 · Built 2000 Airframe modelCessna 172S Engine modelLycoming I0360 seriesReciprocating

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What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Aircraft was taxiing in a non movement area when the aircraft struck a fuel truck with the right wing. Pilot stated that ground control was instructing him on where to find justice aviation. Ground instructed him to look for a white tent. Pilot stated that he was looking for the tent and thought he was on the yellow line when the aircraft struck the fuel truck. The impact caused minor damage to aircraft right wing leading edge approximately 24 inches from the wing tip and a broken windshield in the fuel truck.

As the FAA filed it

AIRCRAFT WAS TAXIING IN A NON MOVEMENT AREA WHEN THE AIRCRAFT STRUCK A FUEL TRUCK WITH THE RIGHT WING. PILOT STATED THAT GROUND CONTROL WAS INSTRUCTING HIM ON WHERE TO FIND JUSTICE AVIATION. GROUND INSTRUCTED HIM TO LOOK FOR A WHITE TENT. PILOT STATED THAT HE WAS LOOKING FOR THE TENT AND THOUGHT HE WAS ON THE YELLOW LINE WHEN THE AIRCRAFT STRUCK THE FUEL TRUCK. THE IMPACT CAUSED MINOR DAMAGE TO AIRCRAFT RIGHT WING LEADING EDGE APPROXIMATELY 24 INCHES FROM THE WING TIP AND A BROKEN WINDSHIELD IN THE FUEL TRUCK.

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