# Incident 20240615006179I: Cessna 172P, Hendersonville, NC, June 15, 2024

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 15, 2024, 11:45 local time
- Place: Hendersonville, NC
- Airport: Hendersonville
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Ground/Ramp/Ma
- Operating rules: Pilot school (Part 141)
- Operator: D7GS
- Location: 35.3076° N, 82.4332° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at HENDERSONVILLE (0A7), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.3076&lon=-82.4332&mi=10
- Aircraft: N99273, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N99273) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172P (registry code 2072436, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172p) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172P
- Reported engine: LYCOMING 0-320 SERIES
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 179 total, 173 in this make and model, 48 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20240615006179I

## Narrative

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

PILOT DEPARTED DOVER AFB (KDOV) FOR A CROSS COUNTRY TRAINING FLIGHT AND LANDED AT HENDERSONVILLE, NC (0A7).  ONCE ON THE RAMP THE PILOT WAS POSITIONING THE AIRCRAFT FOR PARKING WHEN THE RIGHT WING STRUCK A VERTICAL POLE ADJACENT TO A HANGAR.  THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED DAMAGE TO THE RIGHT WING LEADING EDGE, INBOARD OF THE WING TIP.

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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