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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Cessna 152 · North Pole, AK · August 23, 2016

Date
August 23, 2016 · 12:00 local
Place
North Pole, AK
Airport
Bradly Sky Ranch
Phase of flight
Taxi
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N5105M
Reported as
Cessna 152
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificates
Commercial pilot, flight instructor
Pilot’s flight hours
398 total152 in this make and model40 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.

Proceeding on taxiway to the end of runway 33. The student pilot was focused on poor taxiway surface conditions and setting up for take off and lost situational awareness of the wing tip and struck a small tree.

As the FAA filed it

PROCEEDING ON TAXIWAY TO THE END OF RUNWAY 33. THE STUDENT PILOT WAS FOCUSED ON POOR TAXIWAY SURFACE CONDITIONS AND SETTING UP FOR TAKE OFF AND LOST SITUATIONAL AWARENESS OF THE WING TIP AND STRUCK A SMALL TREE.