# Incident 20241219021779I: Cessna 172M, Georgetown, DE, December 19, 2024

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 19, 2024, 08:00 local time
- Place: Georgetown, DE
- Airport: Delaware Coastal
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Taxi
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 38.6876° N, 75.3593° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at DELAWARE COASTAL (GED), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.6876&lon=-75.3593&mi=10
- Aircraft: N10446, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N10446) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172M (registry code 2072418, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172m) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172M
- Reported engine: LYCOMING O-360-A4M
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 156 total, 101 in this make and model, 45 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20241219021779I

## Narrative

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

AN AIRMAN PERFORMED A PREFLIGHT INSPECTION ON A CESSNA 172 IN A HANGAR TO AVOID EXPOSURE TO OUTSIDE COLD TEMPERATURES.  THE AIRMAN PULLED THE AIRCRAFT OUT OF THE HANGAR WITH A TOWBAR AND RETURNED TO THE HANGAR TO CLOSE THE DOOR.

AFTER STARTUP, THE AIRMAN BEGAN TAXIING THE AIRCRAFT AND MADE A TURN AT WHICH TIME THE AIRCRAFT'S PROPELLER STRUCK THE TOWBAR, PROPELLING THE DEBRIS TOWARDS THE AIRCRAFT RESULTING IN EXTERNAL DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT'S SKIN AND PROPELLER.

ON MAY 2, 2025, A REQUEST WAS SUBMITTED TO THE LOCAL FSDO FOR ISSUANCE OF A SPECIAL FLIGHT PERMIT AT WHICH TIME THE INCIDENT BECAME KNOWN.

POST-INCIDENT INVESTIGATION SUBSTANTIATED DAMAGE TO THE PROPELLER AND UNDERSIDE OF LEFT WING.

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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