# Incident 20190808013509I: Cessna 421B, Oxford, CT, August 8, 2019

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 8, 2019, 16:30 local time
- Place: Oxford, CT
- Airport: Waterbury-Oxford
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Taxi
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.4783° N, 73.1352° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at WATERBURY-OXFORD (OXC), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.4783&lon=-73.1352&mi=10
- Aircraft: N555MY, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N555MY) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 421B (registry code 2076014, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-421b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental GTSIO-520-C (registry code 17035, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-gtsio-520-c) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 421B
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR GTSIO-520-C
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 4,500 total, 800 in this make and model, 15 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20190808013509I

## Narrative

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

PILOT STATED THAT HE WAS TAXING HIS AIRCRAFT TO THE RAMP IN FRONT RESTAURANT TO HAVE LUNCH AND WAS UNFAMILIAR WITH THE PARKING AREA, AS HE ATTEMPTED TO PARK IN CLOSE TO THE FENCE NEAR ANOTHER AIRCRAFT HE MISJUDGED HIS LEFT WING CLEARANCE AND STRUCK A FENCE POLE DAMAGING HIS LEFT WING LIGHT LENS COVER. NO OTHER DAMAGE WAS NOTED. PILOT CONTACTED IMAGE AIRCRAFT MAINTENANCE WHO PUT THE LENS COVER ON AOG AND INSTALLED UPON ITS ARRIVAL.

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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