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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Cessna 172M · Oxford, CT · April 29, 2016

Date
April 29, 2016 · 17:02 local
Place
Oxford, CT
Airport
Waterbury-Oxford Airport
Phase of flight
Taxi
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N12766
Reported as
Cessna 172M
Reported engine
Lycoming 0-320 series
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Private pilot
Pilot’s flight hours
386 total298 in this make and model17 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

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

Aircraft landed and taxied to parking area, pilot made a 180 degree turn to park aircraft into tie down area, pilot misjudged clearance on left side causing the left wing tip to strike a chain link fence.

As the FAA filed it

AIRCRAFT LANDED AND TAXIED TO PARKING AREA, PILOT MADE A 180 DEGREE TURN TO PARK AIRCRAFT INTO TIE DOWN AREA, PILOT MISJUDGED CLEARANCE ON LEFT SIDE CAUSING THE LEFT WING TIP TO STRIKE A CHAIN LINK FENCE.