Probable cause
The student pilot's failure to maintain clearance from a fence post during taxi operations.
NTSB analysis
The student pilot reported that, while taxiing the airplane to a parking spot, the right wing impacted a fence post.
The airplane sustained substantial damage to the right wing.
The student reported that there were no preaccident mechanical failures or malfunctions with the airplane that would have precluded normal operation.
Text from the NTSB. Open the NTSB docket for GAA19CA220 for the full record.
Event
- Date
- Apr 23, 2019
- Type
- Accident
- Place
- Prescott, Arizona
- Nearest airport
- Ernest A Love Field (PRC)
- Highest injury
- None
- Weather
- Visual (VMC)
- Light
- Day
Cessna 172
- N-number
- N1897V
- Category
- Airplane
- Year built
- 1974
- Damage
- Substantial
- Operating rule
- Part 91 (general aviation)
- Purpose of flight
- Instructional
From the NTSB aviation accident database: N-registered aircraft, events since 2008, data through Oct 28, 2026. The file is published monthly, so the latest weeks are incomplete and recent records can change. The official source is the NTSB aviation investigation search. CheckAero is independent and not affiliated with the NTSB.