# Incident 20201022019649I: Cessna 172P, Midland, TX, October 22, 2020

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 22, 2020, 15:15 local time
- Place: Midland, TX
- Airport: Skywest
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Taxi
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 31.9973° N, 102.0779° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Midland, TX, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=31.9973&lon=-102.0779&mi=10
- Aircraft: N53822, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N53822) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172P (registry code 2072436, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172p) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172P
- Reported engine: LYCOMING 0-320 SERIES
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 2,010 total, 30 in this make and model, 10 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20201022019649I

## Narrative

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

ON OCTOBER 22, 2020, A CESSNA 172  AIRCRAFT BEARING REGISTRATION NUMBER  N53822, IMPACTED A METAL POLE WHILE MANEUVERING AROUND A HANGER.  THE PILOT AND PASSENGER EXITED THE AIRCRAFT WITH NO INJURIES.  THE AIRCRAFT'S LEFT WING SUSTAINED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE RESULTING IN A CRACKED SPAR.

## Other reports on N53822 (1)

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

- [Incident 19820515023939I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19820515023939I), May 15, 1982: Cessna 172P (N53822), Richmond, VA, Minor damage. Student landed hard, bounced, stalled. Left wingtip and nosegear struck runway.

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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