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Taxiing C172 hits a wingtip on a tree while maneuvering around a vehicle that was parked so as to block the normal access to the aircraft parking area.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 370735 |
| Time | |
| Date | 199705 |
| Day | Mon |
| Local Time Of Day | 1801 To 2400 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : ptk |
| State Reference | MI |
| Altitude | agl bound lower : 0 agl bound upper : 0 |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Dusk |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Controlling Facilities | artcc : ztl |
| Operator | general aviation : instructional |
| Make Model Name | Skyhawk 172/Cutlass 172 |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 91 |
| Flight Phase | ground : parked ground other : taxi |
| Flight Plan | None |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | Other |
| Function | flight crew : single pilot |
| Qualification | pilot : atp pilot : instrument pilot : cfi |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 50 flight time total : 2280 flight time type : 670 |
| ASRS Report | 370735 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | Other |
| Function | other personnel |
| Qualification | other other : other |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | conflict : ground critical other anomaly other other anomaly other |
| Independent Detector | other flight crewa |
| Resolutory Action | none taken : detected after the fact |
| Consequence | other |
| Miss Distance | horizontal : 0 vertical : 0 |
| Supplementary | |
| Primary Problem | Flight Crew Human Performance |
| Air Traffic Incident | Pilot Deviation other |
Narrative:
During the taxi roll to the parking spot after a flight for personal pleasure, the right wingtip and the most outboard section of the right wing's leading edge struck a tree, resulting in the before mentioned minimal damage. The owner/employer was notified immediately. No injuries resulted to the sole occupant -- the pilot of the plane! No foreign property was damaged! No report to the airport management was required, and none has been filed. According to NTSB part 830 no incident report was required and none has been filed. An insurance claim has been filed. Contributing factors to the damage were the approaching nightfall, the pilot's unfamiliarity with that particular part of the airfield and the partial blockage of a more suitable taxiway due to a parked private vehicle. This vehicle was not identifiable after the fact, since it had been moved during the time it took the pilot to move the plane to its parking spot, take a brief inspection of the ensued damage and his return to the place where the car had been parked.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: TAXIING C172 HITS A WINGTIP ON A TREE WHILE MANEUVERING AROUND A VEHICLE THAT WAS PARKED SO AS TO BLOCK THE NORMAL ACCESS TO THE ACFT PARKING AREA.
Narrative: DURING THE TAXI ROLL TO THE PARKING SPOT AFTER A FLT FOR PERSONAL PLEASURE, THE R WINGTIP AND THE MOST OUTBOARD SECTION OF THE R WING'S LEADING EDGE STRUCK A TREE, RESULTING IN THE BEFORE MENTIONED MINIMAL DAMAGE. THE OWNER/EMPLOYER WAS NOTIFIED IMMEDIATELY. NO INJURIES RESULTED TO THE SOLE OCCUPANT -- THE PLT OF THE PLANE! NO FOREIGN PROPERTY WAS DAMAGED! NO RPT TO THE ARPT MGMNT WAS REQUIRED, AND NONE HAS BEEN FILED. ACCORDING TO NTSB PART 830 NO INCIDENT RPT WAS REQUIRED AND NONE HAS BEEN FILED. AN INSURANCE CLAIM HAS BEEN FILED. CONTRIBUTING FACTORS TO THE DAMAGE WERE THE APCHING NIGHTFALL, THE PLT'S UNFAMILIARITY WITH THAT PARTICULAR PART OF THE AIRFIELD AND THE PARTIAL BLOCKAGE OF A MORE SUITABLE TXWY DUE TO A PARKED PVT VEHICLE. THIS VEHICLE WAS NOT IDENTIFIABLE AFTER THE FACT, SINCE IT HAD BEEN MOVED DURING THE TIME IT TOOK THE PLT TO MOVE THE PLANE TO ITS PARKING SPOT, TAKE A BRIEF INSPECTION OF THE ENSUED DAMAGE AND HIS RETURN TO THE PLACE WHERE THE CAR HAD BEEN PARKED.
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.