- Date
- July 30, 2010, 16:30 local (20:30 UTC)
- Place
- Perry, GA
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Taxi
- Aircraft
- N1351ECessna 172N
- Defining event
- Taxi-from runway: Ground collision
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report December 20, 2010
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office
- Eastern Region Aviation
- Parties
- FAA/FSDP
- Case key
- 76868
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Probable cause
The pilot's failure to maintain clearance from a pole while taxiing.
Findings · 2
NTSB’s coded findings. Those marked are part of the probable cause; the rest are factors or other findings. Under each, the cases with the same finding.
Sequence of events
The events NTSB coded, in order, by phase of flight. The defining event is the one that best describes the accident. Under each, the cases with the same event anywhere in their sequence.
Analysis
The pilot stated that he had just landed and was taxiing to a tie-down area. He was maneuvering the airplane to the right, "to fit in the tie down area," when the left wing struck a wooden light pole, resulting in substantial damage to the left wing leading edge and spar. According to personnel at the airport, the light pole was approximately 7 feet from the paved portion of the parking area and approximately 31 feet from the base of the parking tee.
Factual narrative
The pilot stated that he had just landed and was taxiing to a tie down area. He was maneuvering the airplane to the right, "to fit in the tie down area," when the left wing struck a wooden light pole resulting in substantial damage to the left wing's leading edge and spar. According to personnel at the airport, the light pole was approximately 7 feet from the paved portion of the parking area and approximately 31 feet from the base of the parking tee.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1351E
- Reported as
- Cessna 172N
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 17270965
- Airframe hours
- 2,055
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-H2AD, 160 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Aviation Flight Academy
- Registered owner
- James Cutini
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · March 31, 2010
- Departed
- HAB · Hamilton, AL
- Destination
- PXE · Perry, GA
- Flight plan
- VFR
- Airport
- PXE · Perry-Houston County Airport, runway 36, 5,002 × 100 ft, asphalt
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Flight crew · 2
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 29
- Injuries
- None
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Without waivers/limitations
- Last flight review
- July 15, 2010
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 191 total · 190 in this make and model · 114 as pilot in command · 76 in the last 90 days · 20 in the last 30 days
- Role
- Student pilot
- Age
- 27
- Injuries
- None
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 1, Without waivers/limitations
- Last flight review
- June 9, 2010
- Seat
- Right
- Flight hours
- 144 total · 144 in this make and model · 51 as pilot in command · 67 in the last 90 days · 25 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 20° at 6 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 99 °F, dew point 75 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.86 inHg
- Observed at
- WRB, 11 nm away
Docket · 3
The files NTSB released with the investigation on September 5, 2010, on NTSB’s docket system: statements, records, photos and specialists’ reports. 396 KB in all.