# Incident 19940716033849I: Cessna 180C, Grand Junction, CO, July 16, 1994

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 16, 1994, 09:00 local time
- Place: Grand Junction, CO
- Airport: Walker Field
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 39.0639° N, 108.5506° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Grand Junction, CO, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.0639&lon=-108.5506&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9236T, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N9236T) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 180C (registry code 2072608, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-180c) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental O-470 series (registry code 17026, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-o-470-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 180C
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 49 total, 45 in this make and model, 43 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19940716033849I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: ON JULY 16, 1994 AT 0900, A CESSNA 185, OPERATED BY DAVID A YOUNGER, WAS TAXIING WEST ON THE TAXIWAY AT WALKER FIELD, GRAND JUNCTION, CO IN ORDER TO REACH THE END OF RUNWAY 11 FOR TAKEOFF. ALSO, TAXIING ON THE SAME TAXIWAY AND IN FRONT OF MR. YOUNGER'S AIRCRAFT WAS A BLM SLURRY BOMBER (P2). AT THE APPROPRIATE TIME THE SLURRY BOMBER TURNED OFF THE TAXIWAY INTO THE BLM RAMP AREA AND STOPPED, AWAITING ITS TURN TO RELOAD WITH FIRE RETARDANT. MR. YOUNGER TAXIED HIS AIRCRAFT BEHIND THE SLURRY BOMBER (BOTH ENGINES RUNNING) ON THE TAXIWAY AND WAS CAUGHT IN THE PROP WASH, WHICH CAUSED HIS AIRCRAFT TO GROUND LOOP. THE RIGHT MAIN WHEEL WAS DAMAGED. THE AIRCRAFT WAS TOWED BACK TO THE PARKING AREA AND PROPER REPAIRS WERE MADE. THIS IS A FINAL REPORT. + = INCLUDES DUAL INSTRUCTION TIME WITH CFI.

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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