# Incident 19890225016459I: Cessna 172M, Los Angeles, CA, February 25, 1989

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 25, 1989, 16:30 local time
- Place: Los Angeles, CA
- Airport: Whiteman Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 34.2593° N, 118.4134° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at WHITEMAN (WHP), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.2593&lon=-118.4134&mi=10
- Aircraft: N73707, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N73707) (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 172M
- Reported engine: LYC O320E2D
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,920 total, 700 in this make and model, 125 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19890225016459I

## Narrative

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

STUDENT USED EXCESSIVE BRAKING DURING TAXI. DEPARTED TAXIWAY AND HIT HOLE. PROPELLER STRUCK GROUND STOPPING ENGINE.

## Other reports on N73707 (1)

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

- [Accident 20200120021769A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20200120021769A), Jan 20, 2020: Cessna 172N (N73707), Sun River, OR, Substantial damage. Pilot set the plane down for landing on centerline of runway 18 in a southbound direction, pilot encountered thin ice patches, pilot then veered to the east as…

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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