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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Cessna 152 · Decatur, TX · March 8, 2017

Date
March 8, 2017 · 12:15 local
Place
Decatur, TX
Airport
Decatur
Phase of flight
Taxi
Operating rules
Pilot school (Part 141)
Operator
U9FS
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N49158
Reported as
Cessna 152
Reported engine
Lycoming 0-235 series
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Student

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.

N49158 had landed at the second point of a student pilots first cross country flight. While taxiing on taxiway charlie looking for a place to park, collided the left wing tip area with a parked fuel truck. This damaged the left leading edge approximately 12 inches from the tip.

As the FAA filed it

N49158 HAD LANDED AT THE SECOND POINT OF A STUDENT PILOTS FIRST CROSS COUNTRY FLIGHT. WHILE TAXIING ON TAXIWAY CHARLIE LOOKING FOR A PLACE TO PARK, COLLIDED THE LEFT WING TIP AREA WITH A PARKED FUEL TRUCK. THIS DAMAGED THE LEFT LEADING EDGE APPROXIMATELY 12 INCHES FROM THE TIP.

Other reports on N49158 · 3

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