20220526022839I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Cessna 525B · Torrance, CA · May 26, 2022

Date
May 26, 2022 · 08:08 local
Place
Torrance, CA
Phase of flight
Taxi
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N28DM
Reported as
Cessna 525B
Reported engine
Williams FJ44-3A
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Private pilot

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.

Description of event: on may 26, 2022 at 08:05L, Cessna citation privacy data omitted, piloted by privacy data omitted, was taxiing at toa when its right wing tip clipped a hangar. There was minor damage to the wing tip and hangar, no injuries.

Causal and/or contributing factors: the tarmac was recently covered in a new slurry coat and the taxiway stripes had not been re-applied at the time of the incident, making it difficult for the pilot to estimate the center of the taxiway.

As the FAA filed it

DESCRIPTION OF EVENT: ON MAY 26, 2022 AT 08:05L, CESSNA CITATION ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^, PILOTED BY ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^, WAS TAXIING AT TOA WHEN ITS RIGHT WING TIP CLIPPED A HANGAR. THERE WAS MINOR DAMAGE TO THE WING TIP AND HANGAR, NO INJURIES.

CAUSAL AND/OR CONTRIBUTING FACTORS: THE TARMAC WAS RECENTLY COVERED IN A NEW SLURRY COAT AND THE TAXIWAY STRIPES HAD NOT BEEN RE-APPLIED AT THE TIME OF THE INCIDENT, MAKING IT DIFFICULT FOR THE PILOT TO ESTIMATE THE CENTER OF THE TAXIWAY.