Probable cause
The pilot's failure to maintain clearance from a pole while taxiing.
NTSB 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.
Text from the NTSB. Open the NTSB docket for ERA10CA402 for the full record.
Event
- Date
- Jul 30, 2010
- Type
- Accident
- Place
- Perry, Georgia
- Nearest airport
- Perry-Houston County Airport (PXE)
- Highest injury
- None
- Weather
- Visual (VMC)
- Light
- Day
Cessna 172N
- N-number
- N1351E
- Category
- Airplane
- Damage
- Substantial
- Operating rule
- Part 91 (general aviation)
- Purpose of flight
- Personal
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