# Incident 19960919037629I: Cessna 172N, Los Angeles, CA, September 19, 1996

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 19, 1996, 11:35 local time
- Place: Los Angeles, CA
- Airport: Los Angeles International
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.9425° N, 118.4080° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at LOS ANGELES INTL (LAX), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.9425&lon=-118.4080&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4939G, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N4939G-2011-07-19) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172N (registry code 2072434, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172n) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172N
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19960919037629I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: MR. MAURO MOROSETTI WAS THE PILOT-IN-COMMAND OF CESSNA N4939G ON SEPTEMBER 19, 1996. HE HAD TAXIED HIS AIRCRAFT, WITH APPROVAL FROM LAX TOWER TO THE HOLD SHORT AREA OF RUNWAY 24L AT LOS ANGELES INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT. HE WAS BEHIND AN AMERICA WEST 737, CALL SIGN CACTUS 78. THE AMERICA WEST 737 WAS GIVEN A CLEARANCE BY LAX ATC TO "POSITION AND HOLD" ON RUNWAY 24L. ABOUT A MINUTE LATER, CACTUS 78 WAS GIVEN A CLEARANCE TO TAKEOFF ON RUNWAY 24L, THREE SECONDS ELAPSED AND THE SAME CONTROLLER DIRECTED CESSNA N4939G TO TAXI ACROSS RUNWAY 24L, AND POSITION AND HOLD ON RUNWAY 24R. ADDITIONALLY, THE TOWER CONTROLLER INFORMED N4939G THAT "TRAFFIC" WAS ON AN EIGHT (8) MILE FINAL FOR RUNWAY 24R. JUST AS CACTUS 78 WAS INCREASING ENGINE THRUST TO TAKEOFF POWER, CESSNA 4939G BEGAN TO CROSS RUNWAY 24L. THE JET BLAST FROM THE AMERICA WEST 737 CAUSED THE CESSNA 172 TO TIP FORWARD AND TO THE RIGHT RESULTING IN DAMAGE TO THE RIGHT WING TIP AND TO THE PROPELLER. (THE PROPELLER DID NOT CONTACT THE GROUND.) IMMEDIATELY AFTER THE INCIDENT, THE CESSNA PILOT ASKED TO "STAY WHERE HE WAS" WHICH WAS TO THE SIDE OF THE TAXIWAY BETWEEN RUNWAYS 24L AND 24R. INITIALLY, THE PILOT HAD NOT ASSESSE D THE EXTENT OF THE DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT AND EVEN STATED TO THE LAX TOWER CONTROLLER, THAT "39G" WAS READY TO GO. AFTER RECONSIDERING THE SITUATION, HE REQUESTED TO TAXI THE AIRCRAFT BACK TO A FIXED BASE OPERATOR ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF THE AIRPORT. AFTER SEVERAL MINUTES, THE TOWER GAVE THE CESSNA A LEFT TURN AND TOLD THE PILOT TO HOLD SHORT OF RUNWAY 24L. ATC THEN CLEARED THE AIRCRAFT TO TAXI DOWN RUNWAY 24L AND EXIT THE RUNWAY AT "WHISKEY" TAXIWAY. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ (AS IT IS CURRENTLY WRITTEN, THE AIR TRAFFIC CONTROLLERS HANDBOOK MAKES NOTIFICATION OF JET BLAST AN OPTIONAL CALL. REFERENCE 7110.65J CHAPTER 2, SECTION 1, PARAGRAPH 20.) ADDITIONALLY, THE PILOT HAS BEEN CONSULTED ON BEING MORE MINDFUL OF THE HAZARDS OF OPERATIONS AROUND LARGE TRANSPORT CATEGORY AIRCRAFT, ESPECIALLY THE EFFECTS OF JET BLAST ON SMALLER AIRPLANES.

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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