# Accident 19960504028679A: Cessna 152, Minneapolis, MN, May 4, 1996

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 4, 1996, 16:20 local time
- Place: Minneapolis, MN
- Airport: Anoka County-Blaine Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 45.1803° N, 93.1809° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=45.1803&lon=-93.1809&mi=10
- Aircraft: N93844, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N93844-1999-02-18) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 152 (registry code 2071835, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-152) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 152
- Reported engine: LYC O235L2C
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 110 total, 110 in this make and model, 15 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI96LA150](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI96LA150) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19960504028679A

## Narrative

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

TAXIED BEHIND AIRCRAFT THAT WAS CONDUCTING POWER CHECK RUNS. BLOWN OVER ON HIS BACK. (-23) STUDENT PILOT TAXIED AIRCRAFT BEHIND OV-1 MOWHAWK THAT WAS IN THE PROCESS OF CONDUCTING POWER ASSURANCE RUNS. PROP WASH FROM OV-1 FLIPPED STUDENT PILOT'S AIRCRAFT INVERTED.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB CHI96LA150](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI96LA150), May 4, 1996: Cessna 152 (N93844), Blaine, MN, substantial damage. Probable cause: the student pilot's inadvertent encounter with the propblast from another airplane. A factor relating to the accident was: failure of the student to communicate with the pilot(s) of the other…

## Other reports on N93844 (1)

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

- [Accident 19831005053169A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19831005053169A), Oct 5, 1983: Cessna 152 (N93844), Grand Forks, ND, Substantial damage. Tower gave solo student a crosswind runway due to check vehicle on runway into wind. Student lost control 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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