# Incident 20240824018069I: Cessna 152, Janesville, WI, August 24, 2024

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 24, 2024, 07:30 local time
- Place: Janesville, WI
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Ground/Ramp/Ma
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 42.6828° N, 89.0187° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Janesville, WI, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.6828&lon=-89.0187&mi=10
- Aircraft: N757HE, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N757HE) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 152 (registry code 2071835, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-152) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-235 series (registry code 41505, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-235-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 152
- Reported engine: LYCOMING 0-235 SERIES
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Student
- Pilot flight hours: 56 total, 56 in this make and model, 30 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20240824018069I

## Narrative

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

PILOT STATED THAT WHILE TAXIING IN TO THE RESTAURANT AT KJVL THAT SHE STRUCK A POLE WHILE SPINNING THE AIRCRAFT TO PARK.AS SHE MADE A TURN TO THE EAST THE SUN BLINDED HER MOMENTARILY AND SHE LOST SIGHT OF WHERE THE POLE WAS AND STRUCK IT WITH THE LEFT-WING TIP. IT WAS MINOR DAMAGES AND SHE CALLED MX TO COME LOOK AT THE PLANE.

## Other reports on N757HE (1)

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

- [Accident 19970527011979A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19970527011979A), May 27, 1997: Cessna 152 (N757HE), Payson, AZ, Substantial damage. Struck an elk landing at night. Elk ran in front of plane on landing roll. Will build higher fence keep elk out.

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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