# Incident 20160126000549I: Cessna 172S, Santa Monica, CA, January 26, 2016

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 26, 2016, 09:23 local time
- Place: Santa Monica, CA
- Airport: Santa Monica Municipal Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Taxi
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 34.0158° N, 118.4513° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at SANTA MONICA MUNI (SMO), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.0158&lon=-118.4513&mi=10
- Aircraft: N571SP, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N571SP) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172S (registry code 2072439, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172s) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming I0360 series (registry code 41515, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-i0360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172S
- Reported engine: LYCOMING I0360 SER
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Student
- Pilot flight hours: 85 total, 85 in this make and model, 32 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20160126000549I

## Narrative

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

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.

## Other reports on N571SP (1)

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

- [Incident 20010530013489I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20010530013489I), May 30, 2001: Cessna 172S (N571SP), Monroe, OR. (-23) On an IFR dual instruction instrument flight from eugene, OR (eug) to hillsboro, OR (hio). PIC esuk indicated control problems. Experienced a stuck trim.…

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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