# Incident 19970812029539I: Cessna 172N, Tracy, CA, August 12, 1997 - Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported - Date: August 12, 1997, 19:00 local time - Place: Tracy, CA - Airport: New Jerusalem Airport - Damage: Minor damage - Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane - Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91) - Location: 37.6778° N, 121.3012° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at NEW JERUSALEM (1Q4), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs) - Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.6778&lon=-121.3012&mi=10 - Aircraft: N1926F, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N1926F) (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: 2 - Fatal injuries: 0 - Pilot flight hours: 147 total, 64 in this make and model, 70 in the last 90 days - FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/) - Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19970812029539I ## Narrative As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^. NARRATIVE: ON AUGUST 12, 1997, MS. HOORI DJASSEMI WAS PILOT IN COMMAND OF CESSNA 172, N1926F, OPERATED BY UNITED FLYING CLUB, INC. ON HER RETURN TRIP TO SAN CARLOS FROM A CROSS COUNTRY FLIGHT TO MERCED AND CASTLE, MS. DJASSEMI LANDED N1926F ON RUNWAY 30 AT NEW JERUSALEM (1Q4). WHILE TAXIING BACK ON THE TAXIWAY FOR TAKEOFF ON RUNWAY 30, MS. DJASSEMI ALLOWED THE RIGHT WING TIP OF THE AIRPLANE TO STRIKE A TANKER TRUCK PARKED ADJACENT TO THE TAXIWAY. THE FORCE OF THE IMPACT TURNED N1926F INTO THE TANKER TRUCK. THE SPINNER STRUCK THE TANKER TRUCK AND WAS DENTED. THE RIGHT WING TIP WAS SEVERELY DAMAGED AND MOSTLY BROKEN OFF. MS. DJASSEMI STATED THAT SHE ATTEMPTED BRAKING WHILE THE AIRLPLANE WAS TURNING INTO THE TANKER TRUCK BUT THAT THE BRAKES DID NOT WORK. SHE FURTHER STATED THAT SHE PULLED THE THROTTLE TO IDLE AND PULLED THE MIXTURE TO IDLE/CUT OFF BEFORE THE SPINNER STRUCK THE TANKER TRUCK. AFTER INSPECTING THE AIRPLANE, PERFORMING AN ENGINE RUN UP, AND REMOVING A PORTION OF THE SPINNER, MS. DJASSEMI DETERMINED THAT N1926F HAD SUSTAINED DAMAGE TO THE SPINNER, PROPELLER, NOSEWHEEL PANT, AND RIGHT WING TIP AND RIB. MS. DJASSEMI PERFORMED MAINTENANCE BY REMOVING A PORTION OF THE SPINNER WHEN SHE DID NOT HOLD AN AIRFRAME OR POWERPLANT AIRMEN CERTIFICATE. MS.DJASSEMI FLEW N1926F, AN UNAIRWORTHY AIRPLANE, FROM 1Q4 TO SQL. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ ## Other reports on N1926F (2) Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date. - [Incident 20150717012389I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20150717012389I), Jul 17, 2015: Cessna 172N (N1926F), San Carlos, CA, Minor damage. On 07/17/2015 [privacy data omitted] was practicing landings at San Carlos Airport (sql). On the 2nd landing he lost control of the aircraft and drifted FAR… - [Incident 20000719026229I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000719026229I), Jul 19, 2000: Cessna 172N (N1926F), San Carlos, CA, Minor damage. (-23) While attempting to land at San Carlos Airport, the student pilot was asked by the tower to extend his downwind leg, the pilot had never done this before… 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. --- OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). It is not affiliated with the FAA or the NTSB. Source documents are U.S. government works in the public domain.