# Incident 20250816009979I: Cessna 172N, Morgantown, WV, August 16, 2025

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 16, 2025, 13:00 local time
- Place: Morgantown, WV
- Airport: Morgantown Municipal-Walter L. Bill
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Taxi
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 39.6436° N, 79.9175° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at MORGANTOWN MUNI/WALTER L BILL HART FLD (MGW), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.6436&lon=-79.9175&mi=10
- Aircraft: N733PY, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N733PY) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172N (registry code 2072434, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172n) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172N
- Reported engine: LYCOMING 0-320 SERIES
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 902 total, 210 in this make and model, 120 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20250816009979I

## Narrative

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

AIRCRAFT RETURNED FROM DISCOVERY FLIGHT ON SATURDAY 8/16/2025 AND WAS TAXIING BACK TO RAMP.  UPON ARRIVAL AT RAMP, PILOT INITIATED A 180 DEGREE TURN TO PARK THE AIRCAFT.  DURING THE TURN, THE PILOT CONTACTED A TEMPORARY CONSTRUCTION FENCE WITH THE R/H WING.  THE WING STUCK TO THE FENCE CAUSING THE NOSE TO SWING INTO THE FENCE.  THE PROPELLER STRUCK THE FENCE AND ENGINE STOPPED IMMEDIATELY.  NO INJURIES TO CREW OR PASSENGERS AND MINIMAL DAMAGE TO AIRCRAFT.  OWNER HAS BEGUN REPAIRS ON THE AIRCRAFT.

## Other reports on N733PY (1)

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

- [Incident 20200928016159I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20200928016159I), Sep 28, 2020: Cessna 172N (N733PY), Morgantown, WV, Minor damage. Wind gust led to hard landing . Aircrft porpoise and go around

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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