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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Cessna 172M · Fort Lauderdale, FL · April 12, 2024

Date
April 12, 2024 · 21:40 local
Place
Fort Lauderdale, FL
Airport
Fort Lauderdale Executive
Phase of flight
Run-Up Area
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N20454
Reported as
Cessna 172M
Reported engine
Lycoming 0-320 series
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Private pilot
Pilot’s flight hours
210 total210 in this make and model73 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.

A 14 CFR part 91 personal flight was taxiing to the designated run up area at night prior to departure, the aircraft’s the left wing tip contacted the blast fence wall causing minor damage to the navigation light lens and wing tip cap.

As the FAA filed it

A 14 CFR PART 91 PERSONAL FLIGHT WAS TAXIING TO THE DESIGNATED RUN UP AREA AT NIGHT PRIOR TO DEPARTURE, THE AIRCRAFT’S THE LEFT WING TIP CONTACTED THE BLAST FENCE WALL CAUSING MINOR DAMAGE TO THE NAVIGATION LIGHT LENS AND WING TIP CAP.