# Incident 19880820061199I: Cessna 172F, Peru, IN, August 20, 1988

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 20, 1988, 12:23 local time
- Place: Peru, IN
- Airport: Grissom Afb
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.7587° N, 86.0690° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Peru, IN, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.7587&lon=-86.0690&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5156F, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5156F-1997-01-30) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172F (registry code 2072414, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172f) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172F
- Reported engine: CONT O300D
- People aboard: 4
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 3,100 total, 500 in this make and model, 57 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19880820061199I

## Narrative

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

BLOWN UP ON LEFT WINGTIP AND NOSE BY JET BLAST WHILE TAXIING TO RUNWAY. F-16 HAD NOT CONTACTED TOWER ABOUT RUN-UP.

## Other reports on N5156F (1)

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

- [Incident 19790620016359I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790620016359I), Jun 20, 1979: Cessna 172F (N5156F), Ponca City, OK, Minor damage. Electrical failure after takeoff, returned. Voltage regulator had failed, overvoltage burned wiring

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.

---
OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). It is not affiliated with the FAA or the NTSB. Source documents are U.S. government works in the public domain.