# Incident 19881212067209I: Cessna 207A, Anacortes, WA, December 12, 1988

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 12, 1988, 07:35 local time
- Place: Anacortes, WA
- Airport: Anacortes Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: DFOA
- Location: 48.4985° N, 122.6625° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at ANACORTES (74S), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=48.4985&lon=-122.6625&mi=10
- Aircraft: N54GV, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N54GV) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 207A (registry code 2073604, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-207a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-520 series (registry code 17032, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 207A
- People aboard: 6
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 5,500 total, 500 in this make and model, 235 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19881212067209I

## Narrative

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

WAS BUSY WIPING FOGGED WINDSHIELD AND TAXIED OFF RUNWAY INTO SOFT GROUND. DAMAGED PROPS. HAD TO BE TOWED OUT.

## Other reports on N54GV (2)

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

- [Incident 19960821033979I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19960821033979I), Aug 21, 1996: Cessna 207A (N54GV), Dillingham, AK, Minor damage. Narrative: while taxiing to parking spot, nose wheel struck corner of a slave pallet. The fork bolts sheared off allowing propeller to strike the ground.…
- [Incident 19910326013839I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19910326013839I), Mar 26, 1991: Cessna 207 (N54GV), Seattle, WA. On takeoff roll pilot heard pop. Aborted. Baggage door was ajar. Reclosed and departed.

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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