20251001015819I

Incident · Substantial damage

FAA incident report · Cessna 172L · Clewiston, FL · October 1, 2025

Date
October 1, 2025 · 11:15 local
Place
Clewiston, FL
Airport
Airglades
Phase of flight
Ground/Ramp/Ma
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N3979Q
Reported as
Cessna 172L
Reported engine
Lycoming 0-320 series
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Private pilot
Pilot’s flight hours
183 in this make and model

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.

The aircraft's right outboard wing struck a tree on the apron edge during taxi.

As the FAA filed it

THE AIRCRAFT'S RIGHT OUTBOARD WING STRUCK A TREE ON THE APRON EDGE DURING TAXI.