# Incident 19870420022479I: Cessna 172N, St Petersburg, FL, April 20, 1987

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 20, 1987, 08:00 local time
- Place: St Petersburg, FL
- Airport: Alfred Whitted
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Idling Engines
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 27.7709° N, 82.6793° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of St. Petersburg, FL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=27.7709&lon=-82.6793&mi=10
- Aircraft: N737TZ, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N737TZ) (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: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19870420022479I

## Narrative

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

LEANED OUT DOOR AFTER ENGINE START KNEE HIT THROTTLE.  PILOT FELL OUT.  AIRCRAFT RAN INTO SEVERAL PARKED AIRCRAFT.

## Other reports on N737TZ (2)

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

- [Incident 19910619031609I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19910619031609I), Jun 19, 1991: Cessna 172N (N737TZ), Van Nuys, CA, Minor damage. Pilot practicing night takeoff and landings thought he was on high speed taxiway. Ran off runway into taxiway sign.
- [Incident 19880507020989I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19880507020989I), May 7, 1988: Cessna 172N (N737TZ), Atlanta, GA. Experienced loss of oil pressure. Forced landing on highway. Found the hobbs sending unit was leaking.

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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