# Accident 20231021017529A: Cessna 172A, Orangeburg, SC, October 21, 2023

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 21, 2023, 13:00 local time
- Place: Orangeburg, SC
- Airport: Orangeburg Municiple Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Taxi
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.4640° N, 80.8564° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.4640&lon=-80.8564&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7607T, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N7607T) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172A (registry code 2072404, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental 0-300 series (registry code 17022, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-0-300-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172A
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR 0-300 SER
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 4,350 total, 1,200 in this make and model, 35 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ERA24LA021](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA24LA021) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20231021017529A

## Narrative

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

THE AIRCRAFT'S RIGHT WING CONTACTED A STAINLESS STEEL LADDER BUILT INTO A FUEL TRUCK THAT WAS PARKED ON THE EDGE OF THE RAMP. THE IMPACT BENT THE LADDER AND LEFT BLUE PAINT ON THE TRUCK. THERE WERE FLAKES OF BLUE PAINT AND A SHATTERED POSITION LIGHT ON THE GROUND BY THE FUEL TRUCK. THE AIRCRAFTS RIGHT WING TIP AND LEADING EDGE WERE DAMAGED AND THE POSITION LIGHT WAS TORN OFF. SOME OF THE POSITION LIGHT ATTACHING HARDWARE REMAINED IN THE WING TIP. THE RIGHT WING SHOWED COMPRESSION DAMAGE ON THE AFT SPAR IN FRONT OF THE RIGHT FLAP. THE UPPER SURFACE OF THE WING WAS BUCKLED FROM THE COMPRESSION WITH SOME OF SHEETMETAL TORN THROUGH IT'S FASTENERS AND LEFT DISPLACED FROM IT'S NORMAL POSITION.

## 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 ERA24LA021](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA24LA021), Oct 21, 2023: Cessna 172 (N7607T), Orangeburg, SC, substantial damage. Probable cause: The student pilot’s failure to maintain adequate clearance from a fuel truck while taxiing. Also contributing was the flight instructor’s inadequate monitoring of the student pilot.

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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