# Incident 20250815012479I: Cessna 172S, Janesville, WI, August 15, 2025

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 15, 2025, 09:15 local time
- Place: Janesville, WI
- Airport: South Wisconsin Regional
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Taxi
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 42.6828° N, 89.0187° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Janesville, WI, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.6828&lon=-89.0187&mi=10
- Aircraft: N519ER, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N519ER) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172S (registry code 2072439, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172s) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming IO-360-L2A (registry code 41597, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-io-360-l2a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172S
- Reported engine: LYCOMING IO-360-L2A
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, flight instructor, private pilot, student
- Pilot flight hours: 1,745 total, 1,600 in this make and model, 175 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20250815012479I

## Narrative

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

ON AUGUST 15 AT APPROXIMATELY 0915 LCL. A CESSNA 172 CAME IN CONTACT WITH A CORNER FENCE POST ON THE AIRPORT PROPERTY.  THE CESSNA 172 WAS TAXIING TO PARK AT THE TIME OF THE INCIDENT.  DAMAGE WAS OBSERVED TO THE OUTER 20 INCHES OF THE WINGTIP.

## Other reports on N519ER (1)

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

- [Accident 20030608020799A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20030608020799A), Jun 8, 2003: Cessna 172S (N519ER), Prescott, AZ, Substantial damage. (-23) During the flight, 3 touch and go's were performed without incident, all with a slight left quartering crosswind. On the fourth landing, the pilot…

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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