# Accident 19800104000189A: Cessna 172N, Phoenix, AZ, January 4, 1980

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 4, 1980, 15:45 local time
- Place: Phoenix, AZ
- Airport: Sky Harbor
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.4484° N, 112.0740° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Phoenix, AZ, within about 13 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.4484&lon=-112.0740&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5128D, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N5128D) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172N (registry code 2072434, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172n) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172N
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 91 total, 39 in this make and model, 43 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX80DUJ23](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX80DUJ23) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19800104000189A

## Narrative

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

TAXIED TOO CLOSE TO END OF JET BLAST FENCE. JET BLAST GROUND-LOOPED THE SMALL AIRCRAFT.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB LAX80DUJ23](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX80DUJ23), Jan 4, 1980: Cessna 172 (N5128D), Phoenix, AZ, substantial damage

## Other reports on N5128D (1)

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

- [Incident 19940629028389I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19940629028389I), Jun 29, 1994: Cessna 172N (N5128D), Cottage Grove, OR, Minor damage. Electrical problem. Voltage light on believed low fuel. Landed in field. Low battery not fuel. No license or medical

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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