# Incident 20180401024099I: Cessna 172P, Newnan, GA, April 1, 2018

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 1, 2018, 18:45 local time
- Place: Newnan, GA
- Airport: Newnan Coweta County
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Taxi
- Operating rules: Pilot school (Part 141)
- Operator: U4PS
- Location: 33.3116° N, 84.7698° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at NEWNAN COWETA COUNTY (CCO), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.3116&lon=-84.7698&mi=10
- Aircraft: N55482, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N55482) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172P (registry code 2072436, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172p) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172P
- Reported engine: LYCOMING 0-320 SERIES
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, flight instructor, private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 875 total, 400 in this make and model, 150 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20180401024099I

## Narrative

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

ON APRIL 01, 2018 AT APPROXIMATELY 1845 HRS, CFI ^CASSIDY CLARK^ WAS TAXIING TO THE RUNUP AREA (DONE PRIOR TO DEPARTURE), AT NEWNAN COWETA COUNTY AIRPORT (KCCO)IN N55482 A CESSNA 172. AS HE APPROACHED THE RUNUP AREA HE SAW THAT THERE WAS ANOTHER AIRPLANE THERE DOING A RUNUP. ^MR. CLARK^ STEERED HIS AIRPLANE TO THE RIGHT OF THE TARMAC TO GET AROUND THE AIRPLANE DOING THEIR RUNUP. IN DOING SO, THE RIGHT WING OF THE CESSNA STRUCK A METAL POLE THAT HOUSED AN EMERGENCY SHUT OFF SWITCH FOR A FUEL TANK THAT WAS LOCATED ABOUT 20 YARDS TO THE RIGHT OF THAT POLE.  THE STRIKE WAS ABOUT 12 INCHES INBOARD FROM THE WINGTIP. THE STRIKE CAUSED CONSIDERABLE DAMAGE TO THE CESSNA'S WING. NO VISIBLE DAMAGE WAS CAUSED TO THE METAL POLE. ^CASSIDY CLARK^ (PILOT) ^TELEPHONE NUMBER: 703-945-0110^.

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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