C-172 taxied into construction area on airport aircraft damage.

Attributes
ACN	284816
Time
Date	199409
Day	Fri
Local Time Of Day	1801 To 2400
Place
Locale Reference	atc facility : det airport : dtw
State Reference	MI
Altitude	agl bound lower : 0 agl bound upper : 0
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Night
Aircraft 1
Operator	general aviation : personal
Make Model Name	Skyhawk 172/Cutlass 172
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 91
Flight Phase	ground other : taxi
Person 1
Affiliation	government : faa
Function	controller : local
Qualification	controller : non radar
Experience	controller non radar : 6
ASRS Report	284816
Person 2
Affiliation	Other
Function	flight crew : single pilot
Qualification	pilot : private
Events
Anomaly	other anomaly other
Independent Detector	other flight crewa
Resolutory Action	none taken : detected after the fact
Consequence	other
Supplementary
Primary Problem	Flight Crew Human Performance
Air Traffic Incident	Pilot Deviation

Narrative:

Small aircraft X, a C-172, damaged his aircraft in an area which was under construction and is a non-controled movement area. The construction area was notamed on the current ATIS which the pilot advised he had on initial contact. A letter to airport users was also issued advising the aircraft of the construction. The pilot even departed the airport earlier that day while the construction was in progress. However, the pilot still managed to taxi onto the area under construction and caused substantial damage to his aircraft. The appropriate FAA officials have been notified of this occurrence. I would suggest better field lighting for the airport as well as any areas under construction to help eliminate this problem.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: C-172 TAXIED INTO CONSTRUCTION AREA ON ARPT ACFT DAMAGE.

Narrative: SMA X, A C-172, DAMAGED HIS ACFT IN AN AREA WHICH WAS UNDER CONSTRUCTION AND IS A NON-CTLED MOVEMENT AREA. THE CONSTRUCTION AREA WAS NOTAMED ON THE CURRENT ATIS WHICH THE PLT ADVISED HE HAD ON INITIAL CONTACT. A LETTER TO ARPT USERS WAS ALSO ISSUED ADVISING THE ACFT OF THE CONSTRUCTION. THE PLT EVEN DEPARTED THE ARPT EARLIER THAT DAY WHILE THE CONSTRUCTION WAS IN PROGRESS. HOWEVER, THE PLT STILL MANAGED TO TAXI ONTO THE AREA UNDER CONSTRUCTION AND CAUSED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE TO HIS ACFT. THE APPROPRIATE FAA OFFICIALS HAVE BEEN NOTIFIED OF THIS OCCURRENCE. I WOULD SUGGEST BETTER FIELD LIGHTING FOR THE ARPT AS WELL AS ANY AREAS UNDER CONSTRUCTION TO HELP ELIMINATE THIS PROB.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of July 2007 and automatically converted to unabbreviated mixed upper/lowercase text. This report is for informational purposes with no guarantee of accuracy. See NASA's ASRS site for official report.