# Incident 19850727038179I: Cessna 172N, Delphos, OH, July 27, 1985

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 27, 1985, 06:30 local time
- Place: Delphos, OH
- Airport: Delphos
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.8466° N, 84.3365° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Delphos, OH, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.8466&lon=-84.3365&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9896G, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N9896G-1988-04-06) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172L (registry code 2072432, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172l) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172N
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 450 total, 450 in this make and model, 15 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19850727038179I

## Narrative

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

AIRCRAFT STRUCK A LOG WHILE TAXIING. DAMAGE TO PROPELLER AND NOSE GEAR STRUT BRACKET.

## Other reports on N9896G (1)

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

- [Accident 19851117076499A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19851117076499A), Nov 17, 1985: Cessna 172L (N9896G), Coldwater, OH, Destroyed. Struck powerlines and impacted the ground while directing civil air patrol ground crew with aircraft maneuvers.

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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