# Incident 19891201058829I: Cessna 172N, Reno, NV, December 1, 1989

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 1, 1989, 18:30 local time
- Place: Reno, NV
- Airport: Reno Cannon International Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 39.5296° N, 119.8138° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Reno, NV, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.5296&lon=-119.8138&mi=10
- Aircraft: N733AA, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N733AA-1997-03-06) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172N (registry code 2072434, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172n) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172N
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 450 total, 300 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/19891201058829I

## Narrative

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

MISREAD LIGHT ENTRANCE TO TAXIWAY WHILE TAXIING FROM RAMP. MISSED ENTRANCE AND STOPPED ON DIRT.

## Other reports on N733AA (1)

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

- [Accident 19940630019449A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19940630019449A), Jun 30, 1994: Cessna 172N (N733AA), Shurz, NV, Destroyed. Hot day and turbulence on departure encountered uncontrollable down draft on climbout. Struck wires and poles.

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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