# Incident 19980530020359I: Cessna 170A, Smyrna, TN, May 30, 1998

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 30, 1998, 16:01 local time
- Place: Smyrna, TN
- Airport: Smyrna
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 36.0090° N, 86.5201° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at SMYRNA (MQY), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.0090&lon=-86.5201&mi=10
- Aircraft: N1293D, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N1293D) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 170A (registry code 2072304, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-170a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental C145 series (registry code 17012, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-c145-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 170A
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,600 total, 3 in this make and model, 3 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19980530020359I

## Narrative

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

GROUND LOOPED DURING HIGH SPEED TAXI. EXITED RUNWAY ALLOWING LEFT WING TIP TO STRIKE THE GROUND.

## Other reports on N1293D (1)

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

- [Accident 20030830036949A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20030830036949A), Aug 30, 2003: Cessna 170A (N1293D), Montague Island, AK, Substantial damage. (-23) The pilot landed on Montague Island, AK within 1 1/2 hours of high tide. The landing surface was a dry sandy beach. Approximately 400 feet into the roll…

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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