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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Cessna 172R · Louisville, KY · June 28, 2019

Date
June 28, 2019 · 12:11 local
Place
Louisville, KY
Airport
Bowman Field
Phase of flight
Taxi
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N988WU
Reported as
Cessna 172R
Reported engine
Lycoming I0360 series
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Student
Pilot’s flight hours
30 total30 in this make and model21 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.

Student pilot was taxiing to the fuel pump at the completion of a solo flight. She had to taxi between a fence and a parked aircraft. She had a friend outside the aircraft direct her around the parked aircraft, but she hit the other wingtip on the fence post.

As the FAA filed it

STUDENT PILOT WAS TAXIING TO THE FUEL PUMP AT THE COMPLETION OF A SOLO FLIGHT. SHE HAD TO TAXI BETWEEN A FENCE AND A PARKED AIRCRAFT. SHE HAD A FRIEND OUTSIDE THE AIRCRAFT DIRECT HER AROUND THE PARKED AIRCRAFT, BUT SHE HIT THE OTHER WINGTIP ON THE FENCE POST.