# Incident 20241024017039I: Textron Aviation Inc 172S, Okechobbee, FL, October 24, 2024

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 24, 2024, 20:50 local time
- Place: Okechobbee, FL
- Airport: Okeechobee County
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Ground/Ramp/Ma
- Location: 27.2666° N, 80.8504° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at OKEECHOBEE COUNTY (OBE), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=27.2666&lon=-80.8504&mi=10
- Aircraft: N713SZ, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N713SZ) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Textron 172S (registry code 2072449, https://openairdocs.org/model/textron-172s) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming IO-360-L2A (registry code 41597, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-io-360-l2a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: TEXTRON AVIATION INC 172S
- Reported engine: LYCOMING IO-360-L2A
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, flight instructor, private pilot, student
- Pilot flight hours: 650 total
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20241024017039I

## Narrative

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

ON 10/24/2024, ROUGHLY AROUND 8:50PM, DURING A NIGHT CROSS-COUNTRY FLIGHT, ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ LANDED SAFELY AT OKEECHOBEE AIRPORT (OBE). AIRCRAFT PROCEEDED TO TAXI DOWN BRAVO TAXIWAY. DURING  TAXI, OBSERVED WERE TWO OTHER AIRCRAFT IN THE VICINITY: ONE HOLDING SHORT OF RUNWAY 5 AND THE OTHER COMMENCING PESTICIDE OPERATIONS BY THE HANGAR WAS SOON TO BE PULLING OUT ON TO THE TAXIWAY. AS AIRCRAFT APPROACHED THE HANGAR, CREW NOTICED CONES POSITIONED AT THE END OF THE TAXIWAY, INDICATING POTENTIAL RESTRICTIONS IN THE AREA. GIVEN THE ABSENCE OF DESIGNATED RUN-UP PADS ON RUNWAY 5, THEY DECIDED TO POSITION AIRCRAFT IN FRONT OF THE HANGAR TO BE OUT OF WAY. HOWEVER, AS THEY MANEUVERED THE AIRCRAFT THE PILOT-CONTROLLED LIGHTS TIMED OUT, PUTTING CREW AND AIRCRAFT INTO DARKNESS. BEFORE CREW COULD REACT, THE AIRCRAFTS LEADING EDGE MADE CONTACT WITH THE CORNER OF THE HANGAR. ONLY MINOR DAMAGE TO LEADING EDGE WAS REPORTED. NO DAMAGE TO HANGAR REPORTED.

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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