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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Cessna 172N · Titusville, FL · May 8, 2025

Date
May 8, 2025 · 11:00 local
Place
Titusville, FL
Airport
Space Coast Regional
Phase of flight
Ground/Ramp/Ma
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N5385D
Reported as
Cessna 172N
Reported engine
Lycoming 0-320 series
People aboard
2
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.

While preparing for flight at the parking ramp, the pilot started the aircraft. The aircraft subsequently rolled forward approximately 150 feet, making contact with the airport fencing and aircraft sustaining minor damage. There were no injuries to the pilot or the passenger on board.

As the FAA filed it

WHILE PREPARING FOR FLIGHT AT THE PARKING RAMP, THE PILOT STARTED THE AIRCRAFT. THE AIRCRAFT SUBSEQUENTLY ROLLED FORWARD APPROXIMATELY 150 FEET, MAKING CONTACT WITH THE AIRPORT FENCING AND AIRCRAFT SUSTAINING MINOR DAMAGE. THERE WERE NO INJURIES TO THE PILOT OR THE PASSENGER ON BOARD.

Other reports on N5385D · 1

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