# Incident 19900207009691I: Cessna 172N, Denver, CO, February 7, 1990

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 7, 1990, 08:30 local time
- Place: Denver, CO
- Airport: Centennial Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Collision: Midair collision, first aircraft
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 39.5701° N, 104.8493° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at CENTENNIAL (APA), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.5701&lon=-104.8493&mi=10
- Aircraft: N737BQ, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N737BQ) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172N (registry code 2072434, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172n) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172N
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19900207009691I

## Narrative

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

STRUCK ANOTHER TAXIING AIRCRAFT WHEN HE TURNED INTO OTHER AIRCRAFTS PATH. REPORTED SUN BLINDED HIM AT THE TURN.

## Other aircraft in the event

- N65312, Cessna 172P: [Incident 19900207009692I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19900207009692I)

## Other reports on N737BQ (2)

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

- [Incident 19810822063599I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19810822063599I), Aug 22, 1981: Cessna 172N (N737BQ), Morrison, CO, Minor damage. Struck wires landing on a speedway. Reported landing due to rise in oil temperature. No actual defects.
- [Incident 19791205047649I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19791205047649I), Dec 5, 1979: Cessna 172N (N737BQ), Broomfield, CO, Minor damage. Pilot taxied aircraft off taxiway onto soft ground, damaged tip of prop.

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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