# Accident 20180614000339A: Cessna 172P, Salem, IL, June 14, 2018

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 14, 2018, 14:17 local time
- Place: Salem, IL
- Airport: Salem-Leckrone
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Ground/Ramp/Ma
- Operating rules: Pilot school (Part 141)
- Operator: BNZS
- Location: 38.6439° N, 88.9647° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.6439&lon=-88.9647&mi=10
- Aircraft: N98395, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N98395) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172P (registry code 2072436, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172p) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming IO-320 series (registry code 41509, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-io-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172P
- Reported engine: LYCOMING IO-320 SERIES
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Student
- Pilot flight hours: 59 total, 10 in this make and model, 25 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB GAA18CA360](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA18CA360) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20180614000339A

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE:

ON JUNE 14TH, 2018 AT 1417 LOCAL TIME A STUDENT PILOT TAXIED A CESSNA 172 INTO A LIGHT POLE POSITIONED NEAR THE FUEL PUMP AT THE SALEM-LECKRONE AIRPORT IN SALEM, ILLINOIS.  THE STUDENT PILOT STATED THAT HE WAS ON HIS FIRST SOLO CROSS COUNTRY FLIGHT AND THAT THIS WAS HIS FIRST SOLO FLIGHT IN A CESSNA 172.  THE STUDENT PILOT STRUCK A LIGHT POLE WHILE ATTEMPTING TO POSITION THE AIRCRAFT NEXT TO THE FUEL PUMP TO REFUEL.

## 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 GAA18CA360](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA18CA360), Jun 14, 2018: Cessna 172 (N98395), Salem, IL, substantial damage. Probable cause: The student pilot’s failure to maintain clearance from a pole while taxiing the airplane on the ramp.

## Other reports on N98395 (3)

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

- [Incident 20090219002679I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20090219002679I), Feb 19, 2009: Cessna 172P (N98395), Carbondale/Mur, IL, Minor damage. (-23) The pilot in command and sole occupant of N98395 reported that he had spent some time flying in the local practice area and was returning to land on…
- [Accident 20030714020119A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20030714020119A), Jul 14, 2003: Cessna 172P (N98395), Pinckneyville, IL, Substantial damage. (-23) While on a part 141 training flight the appropriately rated and qualified flight instructor was giving duel instruction to a student holding a private…
- [Accident 19881009046319A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19881009046319A), Oct 9, 1988: Cessna 172P (N98395), Carbondale-Murp, IL, Substantial damage. Lost directional control on first solo takeoff. Left the runway and struck a VASI light. No attempt to recover.

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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