# Incident 20160302002189I: Cessna 152, Punta Gorda, FL, March 2, 2016

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 2, 2016, 10:00 local time
- Place: Punta Gorda, FL
- Airport: Punta Gorda
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Taxi
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 26.9186° N, 81.9909° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at PUNTA GORDA (PGD), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=26.9186&lon=-81.9909&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6198Q, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6198Q-2020-02-28) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 152 (registry code 2071835, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-152) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-235 series (registry code 41505, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-235-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 152
- Reported engine: LYCOMING 0-235 SERIES
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 468 total, 365 in this make and model, 43 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20160302002189I

## Narrative

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

AFTER LANDING AT PGD AIRPORT THE PILOT WAS CLEARED TO TAXI TO THE GENERAL AVIATION TERMINAL.  PILOT WAS FOLLOWING INSTRUCTIONS FROM THE RAMP PERSONNEL WHEN THE LEFT WING TIP OF THE AIRPLANE STRUCK A LIGHT POLE.

## Other reports on N6198Q (1)

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

- [Accident 20180503004559A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20180503004559A), May 3, 2018: Cessna 152 (N6198Q), Miami, FL, Destroyed. PIC pilot statement taken at kendal regional medical center: [privacy data omitted] Stated he was the pilot in command (PIC) from lakeland (lal) to Miami…

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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