# Incident 19960921039289I: Cessna 172N, Columbia, SC, September 21, 1996

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 21, 1996, 20:45 local time
- Place: Columbia, SC
- Airport: Columbia Metropolitan
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.9382° N, 81.1230° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at Columbia Metropolitan Airport (CAE), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.9382&lon=-81.1230&mi=10
- Aircraft: UR073 (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172N
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 200 total, 22 in this make and model, 19 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19960921039289I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: PILOT STATED HE WAS CLEARED TO TAXI TO COLUMBIA AVIATION VIA TAXIWAY "U". TAXIWAY LIGHTS WERE INOP. ON EAST SIDE OF RAMP AND AIRCRAFT TAXI LIGHT WAS INOP. (BURNED OUT LANDING LIGHTS DURING TRAINING FLIGHT). AIRCRAFT TAXIED INTO DRAIN CULVERT STRIKING PROP. NO CHANGE NO VIOLATION ^PRIVACY DATA OMITT^

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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