# Incident 19910316011279I: Cessna 172F, Carlsbad, CA, March 16, 1991

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 16, 1991, 20:35 local time
- Place: Carlsbad, CA
- Airport: Mcclellan-Palomar
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.1283° N, 117.2801° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at MC CLELLAN-PALOMAR (CRQ), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.1283&lon=-117.2801&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8468U, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N8468U) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172F (registry code 2072414, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172f) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental 0-300 series (registry code 17022, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-0-300-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172F
- Reported engine: CONT O300D
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 700 total, 400 in this make and model, 150 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19910316011279I

## Narrative

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

PILOT TAXIED INTO AN UNIMPROVED AREA RESULTING IN A PROPELLER STRIKE.

## Other reports on N8468U (2)

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

- [Incident 19900429021689I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19900429021689I), Apr 29, 1990: Cessna 172F (N8468U), Oakland, CA, Minor damage. Gust of wind lifted left wing on landing roll. Right wing touched runway. Propeller struck runway.
- [Incident 19850725056399I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19850725056399I), Jul 25, 1985: Cessna 172F (N8468U), Quemado, NM. Loss of oil pressure en route. Landed on road. Engine had been using oil. Crankshaft galled, rod bolt broken.

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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