# Accident 19970628044479A: Cessna 172P, Fort Worth, TX, June 28, 1997

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 28, 1997, 15:05 local time
- Place: Fort Worth, TX
- Airport: Fort Worth Meacham Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 32.7499° N, 97.3310° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.7499&lon=-97.3310&mi=10
- Aircraft: N53795, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N53795-2013-01-30) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172P (registry code 2072436, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172p) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172P
- Reported engine: LYC O320H2AD
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 355 total, 256 in this make and model, 128 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB FTW97LA247](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW97LA247) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19970628044479A

## Narrative

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

BLOWN OVER ONTO WING TIP AND NOSE BY JET WAKE FROM DEPARTING CANADAIR JET. HAD TAXIED TOO CLOSE FOR SAFETY.                                          (-23) THE PILOT OF N53795 TAXIED BEHIND AN AIR CARRIER, CL65, REGIONAL JET IN THE RUNUP AREA FOR RUNWAY 16L AT KFTW, AS THE JET WAS STARTING TO MOVE INTO POSITION FOR TAKEOFF. THE JET BLAST FROM THE REGIONAL JET UPSET THE TAXIING CESSNA 172 AIRCRAFT, CAUSING THE RIGHT WING AND PROPELLER TO STRIKE THE GROUND. THE RIGHT WING SUSTAINED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE.                     (.4) ON JUNE 28, 1997, APPROXIMATELY 1505 CENTRAL DAYLIGHT TIME, A CESSNA 172P, N53795, WAS SUBSTANTIALLY DAMAGED WHILE TAXIING BEHIND A CANADAIR RJ TWIN JET TRANSPORT AIRPLANE AT FORT WORTH MEACHAM INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT NEAR FORT WORTH, TEXAS. THE CERTIFIED FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR AND STUDENT PILOT WERE NOT INJURED. THE AIRPLANE WAS REGISTERED TO ATE OF NEW YORK, INC. AND OPERATED BY AMERICAN FLYERS, INC. AS A TITLE 14 CFR PART 91 FLIGHT. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED FOR THE LOCAL INSTRUCTIONAL DUAL FLIGHT. NO FLIGHT PLAN HAD BEEN FILED. ACCORDING TO THE FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR, HE TAXIED NORTHBOUND FOR DEPARTURE ON RUNWAY 16L VIA TAXIWAY A. THE CANADAIR RJ TURNED WEST AND STOPPED AT THE HOLD SHORT LINE FOR RUNWAY 16L. THE FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR STATED THAT HE PROCEEDED TO TAXI BEHIND THE TWIN JET TRANSPORT TOWARDS THE RUN UP PAD. WHILE TRANSITIONING BEHIND THE TWIN JET TRANSPORT, THE JET WAS CLEARED TO TAKEOFF. THE INSTRUCTOR PILOT FURTHER STATED THAT WHEN THE "JET INCREASED [ITS] THROTTLES, THE BLAST FROM THE ADDED EXHAUST CAUGHT CESSNA 795 BROADSIDE AND TIPPED IT OVER ONTO THE RIGHT WING TIP AND NOSE." THE INSTRUCTOR PILOT STATED THAT WHEN THE "EXHAUST BLAST DISSIPATED, CESSNA 795 RIGHTED ITSELF." THE INSTRUCTOR PILOT COMPLETED SHUT DOWN PROCEDURES AND EVACUATED THE AIRPLANE WITH THE STUDENT PILOT.

## 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 FTW97LA247](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW97LA247), Jun 28, 1997: Cessna 172P (N53795), Fort Worth, TX, substantial damage. Probable cause: improper planning/decision by the flight instructor (CFI), which resulted in his inadvertent encounter with jet blast from a twin jet transport airplane.

## Other reports on N53795 (1)

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

- [Accident 20051017026819A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20051017026819A), Oct 17, 2005: Cessna 172P (N53795), Hitchcock, TX, Substantial damage. (-23) Pilot reported he heard a loud "bang" and the engine started to run rough, clanking and losing power and noticed a strong fuel odor.

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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