# Incident 20210729012109I: Cessna 177A, Palo Alto, CA, July 29, 2021

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 29, 2021, 12:28 local time
- Place: Palo Alto, CA
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Taxi
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 37.3965° N, 122.1431° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Palo Alto, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.3965&lon=-122.1431&mi=10
- Aircraft: N30304, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N30304) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 177A (registry code 2073706, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-177a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming O&VO-360 series (registry code 41514, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-o-vo-360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 177A
- Reported engine: LYCOMING O&VO-360 SER
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 1,440 total, 929 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/20210729012109I

## Narrative

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

IN A STATEMENT FROM THE PILOT:

ABOUT 1220HRS ON THURS., JULY 29, I RECEIVED KPAO GROUND OKAY TO

TAXI N30304 TO RWY. 31 VIA QUEBEC (TERMINAL SIDE) AND HOLD SHORT AT

YANKEE. SEEING NO TRAFFIC ON YANKEE, I PROCEEDED ONTO YANKEE;

HOWEVER, I THEN SAW AN AIRCRAFT HEADED MY WAY ON YANKEE. I GAVE

WAY TO THE RIGHT AND CONTINUED TO THE RUNUP AREA FOR RWY 31; HOWEVER;

MY RIGHT WING TIP CONTACTED THE PROPELLOR OF A PARKED CZECH LIGHT SPORT

(N301SC), CAUSING THE PROP TO ROTATE ABOUT 30 DEGREES. DAMAGE TO THE

LIGHT SPORT WAS LIMITED TO A BURR AT THE TIP. DAMAGE TO MY WING WAS

SCRATCHED PAINT (NO DENTING OF SKIN). I DID ACKNOWLEDGE MY MISTAKE TO

KPAO GROUND AND REQUESTED [AND WAS GRANTED] TAXI BACK TO MY TIE

DOWN (Q-7).

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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