# Incident 20230320013212I: Cessna 182H, Indian Trail, NC, March 20, 2023

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 20, 2023, 16:09 local time
- Place: Indian Trail, NC
- Damage: Minor damage
- Collision: Collision on the ground
- Phase of flight: Taxi
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 35.0690° N, 80.6518° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Indian Trail, NC, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.0690&lon=-80.6518&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8355S, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N8355S) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 182H (registry code 2072718, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-182h) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental O-470 series (registry code 17026, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-o-470-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 182H
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR O-470 SERIES
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 422 total, 171 in this make and model, 9 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20230320013212I

## Narrative

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

ON MARCH 20, 2023, AT APPROXIMATELY 1609 EST, (A CESSNA 182H) LEFT WING IMPACTED THE EMPENNAGE OF A TIED DOWN CESSNA 150 WHILE TRYING TO PARK ON THE RAMP AT GOOSE CREEK AIRPORT (NC28A) IN INDIAN TRAIL, NC.  NO INJURIES WERE REPORTED. DAMAGE WAS INCURRED ON BOTH AIRCRAFT.  THE CESSNA 182 IS REGISTERED TO AND WAS PILOTED BY THE ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.  THE AIRCRAFT WAS BEING OPERATED UNDER PART 91 WITH NO PASSENGERS ON BOARD.

THE CESSNA 182 HAD JUST COMPLETED ITS FLIGHT AND WAS TAXING BACK TO ITS ORIGINAL PARKING SPOT ON THE RAMP. WHILE TRYING TO MANEUVER HIS AIRCRAFT BETWEEN TWO PARKED PLANES, THE 182'S LEFT WING STRUCK THE PARKED C150. THE PILOT SHUT DOWN HIS AIRCRAFT AND SUBSEQUENTLY NOTIFIED THE OWNER OF THE C150, AND THE CHARLOTTE FLIGHT STANDARDS OFFICE.

T-EA68-FY23-1060

## Other aircraft in the event

- N5765G, Cessna 150K: no report for this aircraft; [N5765G](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N5765G) is registered now

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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