# Incident 20241102015849I: Cessna 172K, Gilbert, SC, November 2, 2024

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 2, 2024, 11:00 local time
- Place: Gilbert, SC
- Airport: Gilbert International Airpark
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Taxi
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.8840° N, 81.3818° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at GILBERT INTL AIRPARK (SC45), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.8840&lon=-81.3818&mi=10
- Aircraft: N1969K, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N1969K) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172K (registry code 2072430, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172k) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172K
- Reported engine: LYCOMING 0-320 SERIES
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 207 total, 135 in this make and model, 34 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20241102015849I

## Narrative

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

AIRMAN HAD JUST LANDED AND WAS TAXING TO PARKING WHEN HE RECEIVED A RADIO CALL STATING THAT A MARSHALLER WAS IN PLACE TO DIRECT HIM TO HIS PARKING SPOT.  AS THE AIRCRAFT APPROACHED THE MARSHALLER AND THE PARKING SPOT, HE DIVERTED HIS ATTENTION TO THE MARSHALLER ON HIS LEFT AND FOLLOWED HIS GUIDANCE.  AS THE AIRCRAFT MADE THE LEFT TURN INTO THE PARKING SPOT, THE RIGHT WING IMPACTED A TREE ABOUT 6-8 INCHES FROM THE WING TIP.

## Other reports on N1969K (1)

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

- [Incident 20101024050289I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20101024050289I), Oct 24, 2010: Cessna 172K (N1969K), Gilbert, SC, Minor damage. The pilot indicated that he initiated an aborted takeoff on runway 27 at SC99. During the aborted takeoff and during the initial flare prior to landing, the…

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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