# Incident 19890823050119I: Cessna 172N, Windsor Locks, CT, August 23, 1989

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 23, 1989, 17:15 local time
- Place: Windsor Locks, CT
- Airport: Bradley International
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.9390° N, 72.6843° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at BRADLEY INTL (BDL), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.9390&lon=-72.6843&mi=10
- Aircraft: N738UW, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N738UW) (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
- Pilot flight hours: 160 total, 160 in this make and model, 40 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19890823050119I

## Narrative

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

HIT A TAXIWAY LIGHT WHILE ATTEMPTING TO PASS ANOTHER AIRCRAFT.

## Other reports on N738UW (1)

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

- [Accident 19961227040729A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19961227040729A), Dec 27, 1996: Cessna 172N (N738UW), Manville, NJ, Substantial damage. Landed long and fast. Elected go around and mushed into trees while raising the flaps. Carb heat also on.

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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