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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Cessna R172K · Lakeland, FL · April 17, 2021

Date
April 17, 2021 · 17:30 local
Place
Lakeland, FL
Phase of flight
Taxi
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Collision
Collision on the ground
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N736DJ
Reported as
Cessna R172K
Reported engine
Continental IO-360 series
People aboard
3
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificates
Commercial pilot, flight instructor, private pilot, student
Pilot’s flight hours
344 total312 in this make and model41 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.

Pilot was being marshalled as he taxied in grassy parking area at sun-n-fun. The PIC was in the r/h seat and the aircrafts r/h wing hit the "tail rudder" of a parked & tied down aircraft causing damage.

As the FAA filed it

PILOT WAS BEING MARSHALLED AS HE TAXIED IN GRASSY PARKING AREA AT SUN-N-FUN. THE PIC WAS IN THE R/H SEAT AND THE AIRCRAFTS R/H WING HIT THE "TAIL RUDDER" OF A PARKED & TIED DOWN AIRCRAFT CAUSING DAMAGE.