# Incident 19970225009459I: Cessna 172F, Charleston, SC, February 25, 1997

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 25, 1997, 16:35 local time
- Place: Charleston, SC
- Airport: Charleston Afb-International
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 32.8986° N, 80.0405° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at CHARLESTON AFB/INTL (CHS), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.8986&lon=-80.0405&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5161F, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5161F-2013-08-28) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172F (registry code 2072414, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172f) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental 0-300 series (registry code 17022, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-0-300-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172F
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 67 total, 60 in this make and model, 45 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19970225009459I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: PILOT REPORTED NOSE WHEEL CAME OFF DURING TAXI. EXAMINATION OF THE AIRCRAFT DISCLOSED MINOR DAMAGE TO LOWER ENGINE COWLING AND PROPELLOR BLADES WERE CURLED AFT, FURTHER EXAMINATION DISCLOSED THAT THE NOSE WHEEL AXLE BOLT RETAINING NUT FAILED ALLOWING WHEEL ASSEMBLY TO COME OFF.

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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