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Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Cessna 172I · Knoxville, TN · March 3, 2025

Date
March 3, 2025 · 14:55 local
Place
Knoxville, TN
Airport
Sky Ranch
Phase of flight
Taxi
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N35411
NTSB investigation
NTSBERA25LA138
Reported as
Cessna 172I
Reported engine
Lycoming 0-320 series
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Student
Pilot’s flight hours
13 total13 in this make and model13 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.

Student pilot was taxiing aircraft from the north side of the airport (TN98) to the south side of the airport for a northern departure student solo flight. While taxiing, the aircraft struck a parked vehicle with the right wingtip causing the aircraft to spin to the right impacting the leading edge of the right wing to the vehicle and causing the aircraft to tip to the left. The left wingtip contacted the ground and the propeller contacted the dirt/gravel. Right wing sustained subtaintial damage.

As the FAA filed it

STUDENT PILOT WAS TAXIING AIRCRAFT FROM THE NORTH SIDE OF THE AIRPORT (TN98) TO THE SOUTH SIDE OF THE AIRPORT FOR A NORTHERN DEPARTURE STUDENT SOLO FLIGHT. WHILE TAXIING, THE AIRCRAFT STRUCK A PARKED VEHICLE WITH THE RIGHT WINGTIP CAUSING THE AIRCRAFT TO SPIN TO THE RIGHT IMPACTING THE LEADING EDGE OF THE RIGHT WING TO THE VEHICLE AND CAUSING THE AIRCRAFT TO TIP TO THE LEFT. THE LEFT WINGTIP CONTACTED THE GROUND AND THE PROPELLER CONTACTED THE DIRT/GRAVEL. RIGHT WING SUSTAINED SUBTAINTIAL DAMAGE.

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.