OpenAirDocs.org

20260802011959I

Incident · Minor damage
Open the Markdown

FAA incident report · Cessna 172K · Peoria, IL · August 2, 2026

FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal

© OpenStreetMap
Date
August 2, 2026 · 19:49 local
Place
Peoria, IL
Airport
Mount Hawley Auxiliary Airport
Phase of flight
Ground/Ramp/Ma
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N78650
Reported as
Cessna 172K
Reported engine
Lycoming 0-320 series
People aboard
0
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Private pilot
Pilot’s flight hours
134 total107 in this make and model34 in the last 90 days
N78650Registered now · Cessna 172KS/N 17257704 · Built 1968Airframe modelCessna 172KEngine modelLycoming 0-320 seriesReciprocating

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.

On August 2, 2026, private pilot bryson boxell completed a flight at Mount Hawley Auxiliary Airport (3MY) and attempted to park a Cessna 172 privacy data omitted in a tie-down spot adjacent to a ramp light pole and perimeter fence. While executing a right turn to position the aircraft, the airplane struck the light pole. The impact spun the aircraft to the left, causing it to collide with the fence. The accident resulted in a propeller strike and structural damage to the left wing.

As the FAA filed it

ON AUGUST 2, 2026, PRIVATE PILOT BRYSON BOXELL COMPLETED A FLIGHT AT MOUNT HAWLEY AUXILIARY AIRPORT (3MY) AND ATTEMPTED TO PARK A CESSNA 172 ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ IN A TIE-DOWN SPOT ADJACENT TO A RAMP LIGHT POLE AND PERIMETER FENCE. WHILE EXECUTING A RIGHT TURN TO POSITION THE AIRCRAFT, THE AIRPLANE STRUCK THE LIGHT POLE. THE IMPACT SPUN THE AIRCRAFT TO THE LEFT, CAUSING IT TO COLLIDE WITH THE FENCE. THE ACCIDENT RESULTED IN A PROPELLER STRIKE AND STRUCTURAL DAMAGE TO THE LEFT WING.