C172 instructor reported student pilot hit wing on fence near fuel pumps due to poor condition of pa...

Attributes
ACN	1660178
Time
Date	201906
Local Time Of Day	0601-1200
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	Skyhawk 172/Cutlass 172
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 91
Flight Phase	Taxi
Person 1
Function	Instructor
Qualification	Flight Crew Commercial Flight Crew Flight Instructor
Experience	Flight Crew Last 90 Days 122 Flight Crew Total 628 Flight Crew Type 441
Events
Anomaly	Aircraft Equipment Problem Less Severe Deviation - Procedural Other / Unknown Flight Deck / Cabin / Aircraft Event Other / Unknown Ground Event / Encounter Object

Narrative:

My student pilot was taxing on their solo and while going to refuel the aircraft they hit the wing on a fence near the fuel pumps. I was not there to witness this. My student was unfamiliar with the area they were taxing in. This same situation has happened to other aircraft in the past couple months. In order to keep this from happening in the future I think the airport needs to paint a taxi line so pilots have some guidance on where they are in this tight area.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: C172 instructor reported student pilot hit wing on fence near fuel pumps due to poor condition of painted taxi lines.

Narrative: My student pilot was taxing on their solo and while going to refuel the aircraft they hit the wing on a fence near the fuel pumps. I was not there to witness this. My student was unfamiliar with the area they were taxing in. This same situation has happened to other aircraft in the past couple months. In order to keep this from happening in the future I think the airport needs to paint a taxi line so pilots have some guidance on where they are in this tight area.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site 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.