20191207017019I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Cessna 172C · Garner, KS · December 7, 2019

Date
December 7, 2019 · 17:10 local
Place
Garner, KS
Airport
New Century Air Center
Phase of flight
Taxi
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N1812Y
Reported as
Cessna 172C
Reported engine
Continental 0-300 series
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Student
Pilot’s flight hours
28 total28 in this make and model28 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 on his first solo taxied the aircraft off of the ramp onto a taxiway and failed to turn the aircraft 90 degrees onto the taxiway subsequently impacting a taxiway light with the prop. The aircraft stopped in the grass within 10 feet of the taxiway edge.

As the FAA filed it

STUDENT PILOT ON HIS FIRST SOLO TAXIED THE AIRCRAFT OFF OF THE RAMP ONTO A TAXIWAY AND FAILED TO TURN THE AIRCRAFT 90 DEGREES ONTO THE TAXIWAY SUBSEQUENTLY IMPACTING A TAXIWAY LIGHT WITH THE PROP. THE AIRCRAFT STOPPED IN THE GRASS WITHIN 10 FEET OF THE TAXIWAY EDGE.