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On Saturday, December 26, 2015 at Punta Gorda Airport, a 40 year old solo student pilot with approximately 47 hours total flight time, taxied a Cessna 172, N4776E, into a ramp light pole.

The solo student pilot reported that after landing, he was taxiing on a ramp between a parked airplane and a ramp light pole as directed by a lineman. During the taxi movement, the left wing of the airplane impacted the ramp light pole and sustained substantial damage. He reported that the lineman and the parked airplane, "had my attention and I did not see the grey light pole during my scan, possibly due to the grey sky background at the time."

The student pilot reported there were no pre-impact mechanical failures or malfunctions with the airframe or engine that would have precluded normal operation.

The National Transportation Safety Board determined the probable cause of this accident to be the student pilot's failure to maintain obstacle clearance while taxiing on the ramp, resulting in a collision with an object.

I think my cat could have figured that one out.