# Accident 19870929057409A: Cessna 152, Bridgeport, CT, September 29, 1987

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 29, 1987, 18:15 local time
- Place: Bridgeport, CT
- Airport: Igor I Sikorsky Memorial
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.1635° N, 73.1262° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at Igor I Sikorsky Memorial Airport (BDR), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.1635&lon=-73.1262&mi=10
- Aircraft: N93193, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N93193-2012-08-23) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 152 (registry code 2071835, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-152) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-235 series (registry code 41505, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-235-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 152
- Reported engine: LYC O235L2C
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 99 total, 99 in this make and model, 5 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB NYC87LA266](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC87LA266) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19870929057409A

## Narrative

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

CAUGHT IN HELICOPTERS DOWNWASH WHILE TAXIING FOR TAKEOFF. FLIPPED OVER. WARNED OF TRAFFIC BUT DID NOT SEE IT.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB NYC87LA266](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC87LA266), Sep 29, 1987: Cessna 152 (N93193), Bridgeport, CT, substantial damage

## Other reports on N93193 (2)

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

- [Accident 20030830037649A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20030830037649A), Aug 30, 2003: Cessna 152 (N93193), Ocala, FL, Substantial damage. (-23) Inspector statement: on 08/30/2003 at 1:50PM local time, I was dispatched to Ocala, Florida for the accident of a Cessna CE-152 (N93193). The initial…
- [Incident 19851018064399I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19851018064399I), Oct 18, 1985: Cessna 152 (N93193), Stratford, CT. Slow to follow ATC instructions in pattern. Turned final but had been told to fly thru final and make a right 270.

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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