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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Cessna 172N · Athens, GA · February 23, 2025

Date
February 23, 2025 · 18:22 local
Place
Athens, GA
Airport
Athens-Ben Epps Airport
Phase of flight
Taxi
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Operator
4FGS
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N734UE
Reported as
Cessna 172N
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificates
Private pilot, student
Pilot’s flight hours
189 total161 in this make and model22 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

While taxiing perpendicular to and behind a parked Cirrus (registered as privacy data omitted), the pilot in command turned left into a parking spot and the left wing of the aircraft he was operating (privacy data omitted), struck the vertical stabilizer of privacy data omitted. The incident was a slow movement event with minimal damage to the parked aircraft. Minimal damage included a white paint mark left on the vertical stab of privacy data omitted no damage was found on privacy data omitted, according to the inspection performed by a certificated mechanic.

As the FAA filed it

WHILE TAXIING PERPENDICULAR TO AND BEHIND A PARKED CIRRUS (REGISTERED AS ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^), THE PILOT IN COMMAND TURNED LEFT INTO A PARKING SPOT AND THE LEFT WING OF THE AIRCRAFT HE WAS OPERATING (^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^), STRUCK THE VERTICAL STABILIZER OF ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^. THE INCIDENT WAS A SLOW MOVEMENT EVENT WITH MINIMAL DAMAGE TO THE PARKED AIRCRAFT. MINIMAL DAMAGE INCLUDED A WHITE PAINT MARK LEFT ON THE VERTICAL STAB OF ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ NO DAMAGE WAS FOUND ON ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^, ACCORDING TO THE INSPECTION PERFORMED BY A CERTIFICATED MECHANIC.