- Date
- June 17, 1982, 14:30 local (19:30 UTC)
- Place
- Houston, TX
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Taxi
- Aircraft
- N4920GCessna 172
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report June 17, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19820617024969A
- Case key
- 71094
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
After the student pilot returned from a cross-country. He taxied into the parking area, but noticed there were no parking spaces available. While making a 180 deg turn, the right wing struck a fence post. After hitting the post, the plane turned and the propeller struck the fence.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4920G
- Reported as
- Cessna 172
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-E2D, 150 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Operator
- Woody Lesikar Aircraft
- Registered owner
- Woody Lesikar Aircraft
- Departed
- Lufkin, TX
- Destination
- Houston, TX
- Flight plan
- VFR
- Airport
- T86 · Lakeside, runway 15, 4,000 × 50 ft, macadam
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
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 57
- Certificate
- Student
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Flight hours
- 54 total · 51 in this make and model · 19 as pilot in command · 21 in the last 90 days · 5 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Visibility
- 5 statute miles
- Temperature
- 194 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.