# Incident 19791016052079I: Cessna 172H, Carson City, NV, October 16, 1979

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 16, 1979, 06:30 local time
- Place: Carson City, NV
- Airport: Municipal
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 39.1638° N, 119.7674° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Carson City, NV, within about 7 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.1638&lon=-119.7674&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8188L, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8188L-1991-02-01) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172H (registry code 2072424, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172h) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172H
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,500 total, 600 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19791016052079I

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

PILOT TAXIING INTO POSITION HIT A PIECE OF PAINTED BELTING BEING USED TO MARK "X" ON CLOSED RUNWAY.

## Other reports on N8188L (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Accident 19850506019219A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19850506019219A), May 6, 1985: Cessna 172H (N8188L), Bullhead City, AZ, Substantial damage. Lost power but regained power too close to the ground. Nose wheel struck a rock. Vapor lock suspected.

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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