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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Cessna 172R · Willits, CA · September 2, 2018

Date
September 2, 2018 · 16:00 local
Place
Willits, CA
Airport
Ells Field-Willits Municipal A
Phase of flight
Taxi
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N934MT
Reported as
Cessna 172R
Reported engine
Lycoming I0360 series
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Private pilot
Pilot’s flight hours
301 total220 in this make and model14 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.

Willits, CA (O28): N934MT, C172, while taxiing on the closed parallel taxiway, the left wing clipped a portable bathroom, the aircraft spun off the taxiway down an embankment. Occured on 9/2/18. Two persons on board, no injuries, aircraft sustained minor damage.

As the FAA filed it

WILLITS, CA (O28): N934MT, C172, WHILE TAXIING ON THE CLOSED PARALLEL TAXIWAY, THE LEFT WING CLIPPED A PORTABLE BATHROOM, THE AIRCRAFT SPUN OFF THE TAXIWAY DOWN AN EMBANKMENT. OCCURED ON 9/2/18. TWO PERSONS ON BOARD, NO INJURIES, AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED MINOR DAMAGE.