# Incident 20220531003349I: Cessna 172S, Vinemont, AL, May 31, 2022

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 31, 2022, 15:00 local time
- Place: Vinemont, AL
- Airport: Cullman Regional Airport-Folso
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Taxi
- Operating rules: Pilot school (Part 141)
- Operator: IM8S
- Location: 34.2687° N, 86.8580° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at CULLMAN RGNL/FOLSOM FLD (CMD), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.2687&lon=-86.8580&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5331K, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N5331K) (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
- Pilot certificates: Flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 2,200 total
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20220531003349I

## Narrative

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

AIRCRAFT VEERED FROM TAXIWAY RESULTING IN A PROPELLER STRIKE OF A TAXIWAY LIGHT.

## Other reports on N5331K (2)

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

- [Incident 20170707018519I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20170707018519I), Jul 7, 2017: Cessna 172S (N5331K), Augusta, MO, Minor damage. Aircraft was at cruise altitude of approximately 3000FT when the pilot experienced an engine failure. The cylinder fractured from the left engine case half.…
- [Incident 20070527008859I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20070527008859I), May 27, 2007: Cessna 172S (N5331K), Olathe, KS, Minor damage. (-23) The pilot [privacy data omitted] conducted an introductory flight lesson with a first time student in the left seat, and one passenger in the back of the…

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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