# Incident 20250324008272I: Cessna 172N, San Diego, CA, March 24, 2025

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 24, 2025, 14:55 local time
- Place: San Diego, CA
- Airport: Montgomery-Gibbs Exec
- Damage: Minor damage
- Collision: Collision on the ground
- Phase of flight: Hover/Holding
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 32.8157° N, 117.1396° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at MONTGOMERY-GIBBS EXEC (MYF), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.8157&lon=-117.1396&mi=10
- Aircraft: N734ZK, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N734ZK) (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
- Reported engine: LYCOMING 0-320 SERIES
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20250324008272I

## Narrative

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

AIRCRAFT ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ WAS HOLDING SHORT AT RUNWAY 28L AWAITING CLEARANCE FOR TAKE OFF.  AIRCRAFT ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ WAS TAXIING AROUND ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ TO RETURN TO HANGAR AND MADE CONTACT WITH ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.  MINOR DAMAGE TO LEFT HAND WING TIP OF ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^

## Other aircraft in the event

- N92628, Piper J3C-65: [Incident 20250324005132I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20250324005132I)

## Other reports on N734ZK (2)

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

- [Accident 20260907012679A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20260907012679A), Sep 7, 2026: Cessna 172N (N734ZK), San Diego, CA, Destroyed, 2 fatal. On 09/07/2026 at 1719 CFI [privacy data omitted] and student pilot [privacy data omitted] on board aircraft [privacy data omitted] were on a training flight at…
- [Accident 19940604013899A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19940604013899A), Jun 4, 1994: Cessna 172N (N734ZK), Valencia, CA, Substantial damage. Landed in field due physiologial need. Nosed over on attempted takeoff due soft soil.

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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