# Incident 20250424018272I: Cessna 177B, Winchester, VA, April 24, 2025

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 24, 2025, 10:30 local time
- Place: Winchester, VA
- Airport: Winchester Regional
- Damage: Minor damage
- Collision: Collision on the ground
- Phase of flight: Taxi
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 39.1435° N, 78.1444° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at WINCHESTER RGNL (OKV), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.1435&lon=-78.1444&mi=10
- Aircraft: N35047, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N35047) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 177B (registry code 2073708, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-177b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming O&VO-360 series (registry code 41514, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-o-vo-360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 177B
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 10,000 total, 10 in this make and model, 30 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20250424018272I

## Narrative

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

PIC WAS FERRYING AIRCRAFT INTO OKV. UPON LANDING ON RUNWAY 32 EXITED THE RUNWAY AND ON TO THE RAMP. IN SEARCHING FOR A PARTICULAR PARKING SPOT PIC ALLOWED THE AIRCRAFT TO DRIFT OFF CENTERLINE. THE LEFT WING PASSED OVER THE NOSE OF THE UNOCCUPIED, PARKED ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^, STRIKING THE PROPELLER, WHICH WAS STOPPED IN THE VERTICAL POSITION. RESULTED IN DAMAGE TO LEFT WING LEADING EDGE OF CESSNA ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^. NO INJURIES. REPORTED TO ROC AT 1525Z.

## Other aircraft in the event

- N80934, Piper PA-28-181: no report for this aircraft; [N80934](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N80934) is registered now

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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