# Incident 20240507019739I: Cessna 172R, Van Nuys, CA, May 7, 2024

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 7, 2024, 10:00 local time
- Place: Van Nuys, CA
- Airport: Van Nuys
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Run-Up Area
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 34.2098° N, 118.4900° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at VAN NUYS (VNY), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.2098&lon=-118.4900&mi=10
- Aircraft: N537HF, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N537HF) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172R (registry code 2072401, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172r) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming I0360 SER A&C (registry code 41511, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-i0360-ser-a-c) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172R
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Unknown or foreign certificate
- Pilot flight hours: 225 total, 225 in this make and model, 29 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20240507019739I

## Narrative

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

PIC MANEUVERED AIRCRAFT INTO A CONGESTED RUN-UP AREA MISJUDGED THE SPACE BETWEEN ANOTHER AIRCRAFT AND THE BLAST FENCE AREA RESULTING IN A "LEFT-WING" COLLISION WITH THE AIRPORT RUN-UP AREA BLAST FENCE.  LEFT-WING TIP CAP, NAV AND STROBE LIGHT ASSEMBLIES DAMAGED IN THE COLLISION.

## Other reports on N537HF (2)

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

- [Incident 20221022016402I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20221022016402I), Oct 22, 2022: Cessna 172R (N537HF), Van Nuys, CA, Minor damage. Returning from an instruction flight, the student pilot of [privacy data omitted], was manuevering the aircraft to parking spot. In doing so, the left-hand…
- [Accident 20171130022239A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20171130022239A), Nov 30, 2017: Cessna 172R (N537HF), Miami, FL, Substantial damage. On November 30, 2017 around 2215 local time pilot and a passenger depart tamiami airport(ktmb) on a local flight for about 35 minutes. On his returned back to…

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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