# Incident 19960118006479I: Cessna 152, Newport News, VA, January 18, 1996

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 18, 1996, 13:36 local time
- Place: Newport News, VA
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Other Ground Ops
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 36.9788° N, 76.4280° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Newport News, VA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.9788&lon=-76.4280&mi=10
- Aircraft: N49810, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N49810-2012-12-10) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 152 (registry code 2071835, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-152) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-235 series (registry code 41505, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-235-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 152
- Fatal injuries: 0
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19960118006479I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: ON JANUARY 18, 1996, 1336 LOCAL, AT THE NEWPORT NEWS/WILLIAMSBURG INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT, PIEDMONT AIRLINES FLIGHT PDT 3371, A DASH-8 AIRCRAFT LANDED ON RUNWAY 20 AND WAS CLEARED ON TAXIWAY DELTA. A VALUE JET FLIGHT VJA 487, DC-9 WAS CLEARED TO TAXI ON TAXIWAY ALPHA TO DELTA. THE DASH-8 WAS THEN CLEARED TO TAXI AROUND THE DC-9 ON THE GENERAL AVIATION RAMP SIDE. AT THE SAME TIME THE DC-9 WAS CLEARED TO TAXI ONTO TAXIWAY DELTA. THIS OCCURED APPROXIMATELY 60 FEET FROM THREE CESSNA AIRCRAFT PARKED ON THE GENERAL AVIATION RAMP. AS BOTH AIRCRAFT CONTINUED TO TAXI, N49810, A CE-152, WAS FLIPPED OVER AND RECEIVED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE. AIRCRAFT N20271, A CE-172, WAS TURNED 90 DEGREES BUT WAS NOT DAMAGED. BOTH N49810 AND N20271 WERE PARKED AND UNOCCUPIED ON THE GENERAL AVIATION RAMP. THE EVIDENCE WAS INCONCLUSIVE, AND IT WAS NOT DETERMINED WHICH AIRCRAFT CAUSED THE DAMAGE. THIS INCIDENT IS CLOSED.

## Other reports on N49810 (1)

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

- [Incident 19961208041479I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19961208041479I), Dec 8, 1996: Cessna 152 (N49810), Williamsburg, VA, Substantial damage. Aircraft was blown over on ramp while pilot was preparing to deplane. Instigator was rotor wash by aircraft landing

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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