# Incident 20231002021589I: Cessna 172S, San Diego, CA, October 2, 2023

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 2, 2023, 12:18 local time
- Place: San Diego, CA
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Taxi
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 32.7153° N, 117.1573° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of San Diego, CA, within about 10 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.7153&lon=-117.1573&mi=10
- Aircraft: N639CT, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N639CT) (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: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Student
- Pilot flight hours: 20 total, 20 in this make and model, 15 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20231002021589I

## Narrative

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

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.

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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