# Incident 20200227002059I: Cessna 152, Christmas Valle, OR, February 27, 2020

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 27, 2020, 10:00 local time
- Place: Christmas Valle, OR
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Taxi
- Operating rules: Pilot school (Part 141)
- Location: 43.2363° N, 120.6369° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Christmas Valley, OR, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=43.2363&lon=-120.6369&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6605P, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N6605P) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 152 (registry code 2071835, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-152) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-235 series (registry code 41505, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-235-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 152
- Reported engine: LYCOMING 0-235 SERIES
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 77 total, 16 in this make and model, 20 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20200227002059I

## Narrative

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

PILOT WAS TRYING TO PARK THE AIRPLANE BY TAXING THE AIRCRAFT, STUDENT WENT OFF THE TAXI LINE AND MISJUDGED THE DISTANCE TO THE LIGHT POLE.  STRUCK THE LIGHT POLE WITH THE WING.

## Other reports on N6605P (1)

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

- [Accident 19950122000699A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19950122000699A), Jan 22, 1995: Cessna 152 (N6605P), Seattle, WA, Substantial damage. Second try on downwind landing. Failed to flare unknown until prop hit runway. Came down flat. Collapsed nose gear.

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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