# Incident 20220217002059I: Cessna 172S, Santa Ana, CA, February 17, 2022

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 17, 2022, 08:32 local time
- Place: Santa Ana, CA
- Airport: John Wayne
- Damage: No damage
- Phase of flight: Taxi
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.7368° N, 117.8829° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Santa Ana, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.7368&lon=-117.8829&mi=10
- Aircraft: N197TA, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N197TA) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172S (registry code 2072439, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172s) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming IO-360-L2A (registry code 41597, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-io-360-l2a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172S
- Reported engine: LYCOMING IO-360-L2A
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20220217002059I

## Narrative

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

SNA GENERAL AVIATION INCIDENT REPORT STATED THAT ON FEB 17, 2022 AT 0832 LOCAL TIME, N197TA LANDED ON RUNWAY 02L AND PROCEEDED TO EXIT ON A CLOSED PORTION OF TAXIWAY G.  THE REPORT STATES THAT THE AIRCRAFT "APPEARS TO HAVE HIT A METAL MARKER AND APPEARED TO HAVE PAINT DAMAGE ON THE NOSE WHEEL CONSISTENT WITH HITTING THE MARKER".

INSPECTOR ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ SPOKE WITH THE PIC OF THE AIRCRAFT AS WELL AS THE CHIEF INSTRUCTOR FOR THE FLIGHT SCHOOL AND THE FLEET MANAGER.  THE PIC SAYS HE DID NOT HIT ANY RUNWAY MARKERS.  HE SAID THAT AIRPORT OPERATIONS APPROACHED HIM WHILE TYING DOWN HIS AIRCRAFT AND THEY INSPECTED THE PLANE TOGETHER AND FOUND NO DAMAGE AND THEREFORE IS CONFUSED BY THIS REPORT AS IT DOES NOT MATCH HIS RECOLLECTION OF HIS INTERACTION WITH AIRPORT OPERATIONS THAT DAY.

BOTH THE CHIEF INSTRUCTOR AND THE FLEET MANAGER CONFIRMED THERE IS NO DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT.

LONG BEACH FSDO WILL TAKE NO FURTHER ACTION.

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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