# Incident 20250430005172I: Cessna 172M, Lakeville, MN, April 30, 2025

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 30, 2025, 13:59 local time
- Place: Lakeville, MN
- Airport: Airlake
- Damage: Minor damage
- Collision: Collision on the ground
- Phase of flight: Taxi
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 44.6279° N, 93.2281° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at AIRLAKE (LVN), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=44.6279&lon=-93.2281&mi=10
- Aircraft: N80619, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N80619) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172M (registry code 2072418, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172m) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172M
- Reported engine: LYCOMING 0-320 SERIES
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 346 total, 301 in this make and model, 73 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20250430005172I

## Narrative

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

THE INCIDENT OCCURRED AT 1359 ON APRIL 30, 2025 WHEN TWO CESSNA 172S, ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^, TAXIED AFTER LANDING. THE SECOND AIRCRAFT (#2) WAS RENTED BY THE PIC WHO HAD FLOWN WITH HIS DAUGHTER AS A PASSENGER. THE PIC FOR AIRCRAFT #2 CLEARED THE TAXIWAY AND STOPPED TO PERFORM HIS POST-FLIGHT CHECKLIST.  THE FIRST AIRCRAFT (#1) LANDED SHORTLY AFTER THE SECOND AIRCRAFT AND WAS BEING TAXIED BY A STUDENT PILOT WHILE THE FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR (PIC) MONITORED. THE PIC OF #1 STATED WINGTIP CLEARANCE WAS ADEQUATE TO BYPASS AIRCRAFT #2. AS THE AIRCRAFT #1 TAXIED PAST THE STATIONARY AIRCRAFT #2, THE FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR ALLOWED THE STUDENT TO PROCEED. THE WINGTIP OF THE AIRCRAFT #1 MADE CONTACT WITH THE WINGTIP OF AIRCRAFT #2 AS THE AIRCRAFT #1 MOVED ADJACENT TO THE AIRCRAFT #2. AIRCRAFT #2 SUSTAINED MINOR DAMAGE TO THE WINGTIP AND MAINTENANCE REPLACED THE WINGTIP. THE AIRCRAFT #1 DID NOT SUSTAIN DAMAGE. THE FLIGHT SCHOOL CONTACTED THE FAA TO REPORT THE INCIDENT.

## Other aircraft in the event

- N80135, Cessna 172M: no report for this aircraft; [N80135](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N80135) is registered now

## Other reports on N80619 (1)

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

- [Accident 20221021016919A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20221021016919A), Oct 21, 2022: Cessna 172M (N80619), Toughkenamon, PA, Substantial damage. On 10/21/2022, a student pilot was conducting practice solo takeoff and landings. On his second landing, the aircraft bounced several times, veered off the…

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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