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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Cessna 162 · Palo Alto, CA · July 20, 2022

Date
July 20, 2022 · 19:35 local
Place
Palo Alto, CA
Airport
Palo Alto Airport Of Santa Clara
Phase of flight
Taxi
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N5211N
Reported as
Cessna 162
Reported engine
Continental O-200
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Private pilot
Pilot’s flight hours
297 total250 in this make and model10 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 taxied from taxiway (g) to (y) at the Palo Alto airport Santa Clara county.

Palo Alto airport personnel parked a construction truck on the skirt next to the double lines of taxiway (y).

Pilot reports a glare,looks at his instrument G300F and veers left into the airport trucks toolbox.

As the FAA filed it

PILOT TAXIED FROM TAXIWAY (G) TO (Y) AT THE PALO ALTO AIRPORT SANTA CLARA COUNTY.

PALO ALTO AIRPORT PERSONNEL PARKED A CONSTRUCTION TRUCK ON THE SKIRT NEXT TO THE DOUBLE LINES OF TAXIWAY (Y).

PILOT REPORTS A GLARE,LOOKS AT HIS INSTRUMENT G300F AND VEERS LEFT INTO THE AIRPORT TRUCKS TOOLBOX.