- Date
- July 15, 1985, 08:15 local (14:15 UTC)
- Place
- Pacatello, ID
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Taxi
- Aircraft
- N2396ECessna 172
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19850715031259A
- Case key
- 40198
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
After landing the plt was instructed by the tower to expedite off the rwy and taxiway due to a jet following close behind. During taxi from the taxiway to the ramp, the plt was paying particular attention to his right wing tip to avoid parked acft. The acft struck a chain link fence with its left wing and the propellor struck a parked unoccupied car.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2396E
- Reported as
- Cessna 172
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 17271265
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-D2J, 150 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Marathon Aviation, Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Utility; Standard, Normal
- Departed
- BTM · Butte, MT
- Destination
- PIH · Pocatello, ID
- Flight plan
- VFR
- Airport
- PIH · Pocatello Municipal
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
- 38
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 133 total · 33 in this make and model · 79 as pilot in command · 7 in the last 90 days · 3 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 80° at 4 knots
- Visibility
- 40 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 63 °F, dew point 46 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- PIH
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.
Other investigations on N2396E · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.