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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Cessna 150M · Marion, IN · July 17, 2025

Date: July 17, 2025 · 15:30 local
Place: Marion, IN
Phase of flight: Taxi
Operating rules: Pilot school (Part 141)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N704PC
Reported as: Cessna 150M
Reported engine: Continental 0-200 series
People aboard: 1
Fatal injuries: 0
Other injuries: 0
Pilot’s certificate: Student
Pilot’s flight hours: 35 total35 in this make and model35 in the last 90 days

N704PCRegistered now · Cessna 150MS/N 15078757 · Built 1976 Airframe modelCessna 150M Engine modelContinental 0-200 seriesReciprocating

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What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

The pilot was taxing to the ramp following a landing. The pilot exited taxiway a on to taxiway A2. Pilot taxied southwest onto the ramp. The right wingtip of the aircraft struck a tanker truck parked 30 yards from A2 intersection on the north side of the ramp. The aircraft made an immediate hard right turn. The spinner of the aircraft impacted the left front door of the tanker truck and stopped. The propeller struck the side view mirror of the tanker truck. The pilot pulled the mixture to idle/cutoff and turned off the magnetos.

As the FAA filed it

THE PILOT WAS TAXING TO THE RAMP FOLLOWING A LANDING. THE PILOT EXITED TAXIWAY A ON TO TAXIWAY A2. PILOT TAXIED SOUTHWEST ONTO THE RAMP. THE RIGHT WINGTIP OF THE AIRCRAFT STRUCK A TANKER TRUCK PARKED 30 YARDS FROM A2 INTERSECTION ON THE NORTH SIDE OF THE RAMP. THE AIRCRAFT MADE AN IMMEDIATE HARD RIGHT TURN. THE SPINNER OF THE AIRCRAFT IMPACTED THE LEFT FRONT DOOR OF THE TANKER TRUCK AND STOPPED. THE PROPELLER STRUCK THE SIDE VIEW MIRROR OF THE TANKER TRUCK. THE PILOT PULLED THE MIXTURE TO IDLE/CUTOFF AND TURNED OFF THE MAGNETOS.