# Incident 19981214033399I: Cessna 172G, Oscoda, MI, December 14, 1998

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 14, 1998, 18:30 local time
- Place: Oscoda, MI
- Airport: Wurtsmith Afb
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 44.4241° N, 83.3322° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Oscoda, MI, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=44.4241&lon=-83.3322&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3887L, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N3887L) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172G (registry code 2072420, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172g) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental 0-300 series (registry code 17022, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-0-300-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172G
- Reported engine: CONT O300D
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,300 total, 600 in this make and model, 250 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19981214033399I

## Narrative

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

ACFT WAS TAXIING FOR TAKE-OFF WHEN IT ENCOUNTERED THE JET BLAST FROM A STATIONARY BOEING B-727 ACFT, WHICH CAUSED IT TO TIP OVER. (-5) THE CESSNA AIRCRAFT WAS STRUCK BY JET BLAST FROM A STATIONARY B727 WHILE TAXIING TO RUNWAY FOR TAKE OFF. AIRCRAFT WAS TIPPED OVER ON STARBOARD SIDE. DAMAGE TO AIRCRAFT WAS MINOR AND THERE WERE NO INJURIES. INFORMATION WAS FORWARDED TO THE PMI OF AMERICAN INTERNATIONAL AIRWAYS THE MAINTENANCE FACILITY WHO WAS CONDUCTING THE ENGINE MAINTENANCE RUN UPS.

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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