# Incident 20250223009539I: Cessna 172N, Athens, GA, February 23, 2025

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 23, 2025, 18:22 local time
- Place: Athens, GA
- Airport: Athens-Ben Epps Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Taxi
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Operator: 4FGS
- Location: 33.9486° N, 83.3259° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at ATHENS/BEN EPPS (AHN), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.9486&lon=-83.3259&mi=10
- Aircraft: N734UE, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N734UE) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172N (registry code 2072434, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172n) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172N
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot, student
- Pilot flight hours: 189 total, 161 in this make and model, 22 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20250223009539I

## Narrative

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

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.

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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