# Incident 19851017062299I: Cessna 172RG, Auburn, IN, October 17, 1985

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 17, 1985, 09:15 local time
- Place: Auburn, IN
- Airport: Dekalb
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.3072° N, 85.0644° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at De Kalb County Airport (GWB), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.3072&lon=-85.0644&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6173V, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6173V-2018-05-30) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172RG (registry code 2072438, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172rg) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming O&VO-360 series (registry code 41514, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-o-vo-360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172RG
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 160 total, 24 in this make and model, 17 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19851017062299I

## Narrative

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

PILOT TAXIED OFF TAXIWAY AND NOSE WHEEL ROLLED INTO AN UNMARKED HOLE. DAMAGE TO THE PROPELLER.

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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