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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Cessna 172M · Wichita, KS · February 19, 1996

Date
February 19, 1996 · 12:00 local
Place
Wichita, KS
Airport
Wichita Mid-Continent
Phase of flight
Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N73195
Reported as
Cessna 172M
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
195 total80 in this make and model2 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Narrative: the pilot was taxiing a Cessna 172 on Learjet's taxiway, going south from the factory. A Learjet was parked west of the taxiway doing a maintenance runup. The thrust from the Learjet lifted the right wing of the Cessna and blew it into the grass. The aircraft received minor damage to its prop and wheelpants. The pilot was not injured.

As the FAA filed it

NARRATIVE: THE PILOT WAS TAXIING A CESSNA 172 ON LEARJET'S TAXIWAY, GOING SOUTH FROM THE FACTORY. A LEARJET WAS PARKED WEST OF THE TAXIWAY DOING A MAINTENANCE RUNUP. THE THRUST FROM THE LEARJET LIFTED THE RIGHT WING OF THE CESSNA AND BLEW IT INTO THE GRASS. THE AIRCRAFT RECEIVED MINOR DAMAGE TO ITS PROP AND WHEELPANTS. THE PILOT WAS NOT INJURED.