20231002021589I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Cessna 172S · San Diego, CA · October 2, 2023

Date
October 2, 2023 · 12:18 local
Place
San Diego, CA
Phase of flight
Taxi
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N639CT
Reported as
Cessna 172S
Reported engine
Lycoming IO-360-L2A
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Student
Pilot’s flight hours
20 total20 in this make and model15 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 was taxing out to the runway. Pilot reported braking concerns and request to taxi back to parking. Pilot was instructed to back taxi on runway and upon exiting runway struck a taxi way light.

After incident prior to resolo pilot was given an additional 2 ground training events and 3 flight events.

As the FAA filed it

PILOT WAS TAXING OUT TO THE RUNWAY. PILOT REPORTED BRAKING CONCERNS AND REQUEST TO TAXI BACK TO PARKING. PILOT WAS INSTRUCTED TO BACK TAXI ON RUNWAY AND UPON EXITING RUNWAY STRUCK A TAXI WAY LIGHT.

AFTER INCIDENT PRIOR TO RESOLO PILOT WAS GIVEN AN ADDITIONAL 2 GROUND TRAINING EVENTS AND 3 FLIGHT EVENTS.