# Incident 19951214045009I: Cessna 172P, Albany, NY, December 14, 1995

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 14, 1995, 08:45 local time
- Place: Albany, NY
- Airport: Albany County
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Other Ground Ops
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 42.7491° N, 73.8020° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at ALBANY INTL (ALB), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.7491&lon=-73.8020&mi=10
- Aircraft: N221NY, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N221NY) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172P (registry code 2072436, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172p) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172P
- Fatal injuries: 0
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19951214045009I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: N221NY WAS TIED DOWN, FACING ROUGHLY WEST, IN THE GENERAL AVIATION PARKING AREA AT ALBANY COUNTY AIRPORT. DELTA AIRLINE FLIGHT #1415, A B727, POSITIONED ITSELF IN THE RWY 1 RUN-UP/WAITING AREA FACING ROUGHLY SOUTHEAST. THERE WERE NO OTHER AIRCRAFT IMMEDIATELY NEXT TO N221NY. THE EXACT DISTANCE BETWEEN THE DELTA B727 AND THE C172 IS NOT KNOWN AT THIS TIME. DURING WHAT AN OBSERVER CALLED A TWO-MINUTE "RUNUP" OF ONE OR MORE ENGINES, THE RESULTING JET-BLAST BROKE N221NY'S TAIL TIE-DOWN ROPE. N221NY WAS THROWN ABOUT SUFFERING SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE TO CONTROL SURFACES, INTERNAL RIGGING, AND THE NOSE WHEEL. A FULL DOCUMENTATION OF THE DAMAGE HAS NOT YET BEEN MADE.. THIS INCIDENT IS CLOSED.

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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