20260331003752I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Cessna 172N · San Diego, CA · March 31, 2026

Date
March 31, 2026 · 10:13 local
Place
San Diego, CA
Phase of flight
Taxi
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Collision
Collision on the ground
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N734VX
Reported as
Cessna 172N
Reported engine
Lycoming 0-320 series
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificates
Commercial pilot, flight instructor
Pilot’s flight hours
750 total

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.

Aircraft #2 was cleared for takeoff and taxied forward from the run-up area for 28L. As it taxied, its right wingtip clipped the trailing edge of #1 wing, scraping underneath.

As the FAA filed it

AIRCRAFT #2 WAS CLEARED FOR TAKEOFF AND TAXIED FORWARD FROM THE RUN-UP AREA FOR 28L. AS IT TAXIED, ITS RIGHT WINGTIP CLIPPED THE TRAILING EDGE OF #1 WING, SCRAPING UNDERNEATH.

Other aircraft in the event · 1

Each aircraft in a collision has its own report.

Other reports on N734VX · 1

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