# Accident 20230930020749A: Cessna 172P, Greensboro, GA, September 30, 2023

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 30, 2023, 12:30 local time
- Place: Greensboro, GA
- Airport: Greene County Regional
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Taxi
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.5980° N, 83.1383° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.5980&lon=-83.1383&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9522L, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N9522L) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172P (registry code 2072436, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172p) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172P
- Reported engine: LYCOMING 0-360 SERIES
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot, student
- Pilot flight hours: 62 total, 62 in this make and model, 54 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ERA23LA386](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA23LA386) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20230930020749A

## Narrative

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

ON SEPTEMBER 30, 2023, APPROXIMATELY 1235, STUDENT PILOT ON A CROSS COUNTRY SOL0 FLIGHT. LANDED AT GREENSBORO REGIONAL AIRPORT (KCPP), STUDENT PILOT TAXIED CESSNA MODEL 172P, ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ TO RAMP. PILOT DID NOT MAINTAIN CONTROL OF AIRCRAFT AND ALLOW LEFT WING TO MAKE CONTACT WITH EDGE OF HANGAR AND LIGHT POLE.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB ERA23LA386](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA23LA386), Sep 30, 2023: Cessna 172 (N9522L), Greensboro, GA, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot’s failure to maintain clearance from a light pole during taxi.

## Other reports on N9522L (1)

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

- [Accident 20210911022619A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20210911022619A), Sep 11, 2021: Cessna 172P (N9522L), Kennesaw, GA, Substantial damage. Aircraft was on approach, on initial contact the airplane hit hard and bounced off and ballooned into the air 3 times. Severe damage to nose landing gear ,…

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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