# Incident 19850315025969I: Cessna 172M, Columbus, OH, March 15, 1985

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 15, 1985, 23:05 local time
- Place: Columbus, OH
- Airport: Port Columbus Int
- Phase of flight: Other Ground Ops
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 39.9612° N, 82.9988° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Columbus, OH, within about 8 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.9612&lon=-82.9988&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9728H, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N9728H-1999-12-08) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172M (registry code 2072418, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172m) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172M
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 3,500 total, 50 in this make and model, 2 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19850315025969I

## Narrative

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

JET BLAST FROM TAXIING AIRCRAFT CAUSED DOOR OF AIRCRAFT BEING PREFLIGHTED TO STRIKE PILOT.

## Other reports on N9728H (1)

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

- [Accident 19981010028799A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19981010028799A), Oct 10, 1998: Cessna 172M (N9728H), Freeport, Destroyed, 3 fatal. Acft crashed under unkown circumstances in the water 3/4 mile from teh rwy.(-23) no narrative.

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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