# Incident 19970916035689I: Cessna 172N, Warrenton, VA, September 16, 1997

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 16, 1997, 10:30 local time
- Place: Warrenton, VA
- Airport: Warrenton-Fauquier Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 38.5863° N, 77.7106° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at WARRENTON/FAUQUIER (HWY), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.5863&lon=-77.7106&mi=10
- Aircraft: N733NG, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N733NG-2007-10-30) (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
- Pilot flight hours: 18,660 total
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19970916035689I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: N733NE WAS TAXIING OUT FOR TAKE OFF ON THE MAIN TAXIWAY AT WARRENTOWN FAUQIER AIRPORT, VIRGINIA WHEN A GMC 1987 TRUCK WAS OBSERVED TAXIING IN THE OPPOSITE DIRECTION ON THE SAME TAXIWAY. THE TRUCK PULLED OFF TO THE RIGHT OF THE TAXIWAY ONTO THE GRASS AREA TO AVOID HITTING THE AIRCRAFT. AFTER THE TRUCK DRIVER THOUGHT THE AIRCRAFT WAS CLEAR, HE PREMATURELY MADE A SUDDEN LEFT TURN TO GET BACK ON TO THE TAXIWAY AGAIN AND AGAIN PLACED THE TRUCK IN THE PATH OF THE TAXIING AIRCRAFT. BECAUSE OF THIS SUDDEN MOVEMENT ON THE PART OF THE TRUCK DRIVER THE PILOT WAS LEFT WITH INSUFFICIENT SPACE TO STOP THE AIRCRAFT AND KEEP THE LEFT WING FAIRING FROM COLLIDING WITH THE TRUCK.

## Other reports on N733NG (2)

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

- [Incident 19991211036419I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19991211036419I), Dec 11, 1999: Cessna 172N (N733NG), Santa Maria, CA, Minor damage. (-23) Student pilot lost control of aircraft during landing. Wind conditions had become gusty during last take-off and landing and he was planning a full stop…
- [Incident 19950529016939I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19950529016939I), May 29, 1995: Cessna 172N (N733NG), Atlanta, GA, Minor damage. Narrative: aircraft landed on runway 20L, lost control, and ran off left side of runway. It then proceeded along a 10-20 degree line off of the runway…

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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