# Accident 20160823016309A: Cessna 172N, Williamsport, PA, August 23, 2016

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 23, 2016, 11:30 local time
- Place: Williamsport, PA
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Taxi
- Operating rules: Pilot school (Part 141)
- Location: 41.2433° N, 76.9247° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.2433&lon=-76.9247&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9480E, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N9480E) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172N (registry code 2072434, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172n) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172N
- Reported engine: LYCOMING 0-360 SERIES
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Student
- Pilot flight hours: 43 total, 43 in this make and model, 43 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB GAA16CA447](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA16CA447) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20160823016309A

## Narrative

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

STUDENT PILOT WAS PERFORMING A CROSS COUNTRY SOLO FROM KLNS TO IPT. THE STUDENT MADE A FUEL STOP IN IPT AND THEN WAS TO PROCEED TO MPO. WHILE TAXIING IN FOR FUEL THE STUDENT PILOT BECAME DISTRACTED WHILE WATCHING THE FUEL ATTENDANT AND TAXIED INTO A HANGAR CAUSING SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE TO THE LEFT WING, AND TO THE SKIN OF THE AIRCRAFT ON THE LEFT SIDE.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB GAA16CA447](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA16CA447), Aug 23, 2016: Cessna 172 (N9480E), Williamsport, PA, substantial damage. Probable cause: The student pilot's distraction during taxi operations, which resulted in the airplane's left wing impacting a hangar.

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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