# Incident 19800403047289I: Cessna 172N, Clearwater, FL, April 3, 1980

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 3, 1980, 10:25 local time
- Place: Clearwater, FL
- Airport: St Petersburg
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: Pilot school (Part 141)
- Location: 27.9794° N, 82.7713° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Clearwater, FL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=27.9794&lon=-82.7713&mi=10
- Aircraft: N737MU, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N737MU) (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
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 600 total, 100 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/19800403047289I

## Narrative

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

INSTRUCTOR ALLOWED STUDENT TO TAXI TOO FAST. THEY STRUCK A PARKED AIRCRAFT.

## Other reports on N737MU (1)

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

- [Accident 19800914041439A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19800914041439A), Sep 14, 1980: Cessna 172N (N737MU), Kissimmee, FL, Substantial damage. Bird strike on climbout. Returned and landed safely. Damaged elevator.

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.

---
OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). It is not affiliated with the FAA or the NTSB. Source documents are U.S. government works in the public domain.