19990110039249I

Incident · Substantial damage

FAA incident report · Cessna 172M · Charleston, SC · January 10, 1999

Date: January 10, 1999 · 16:20 local
Place: Charleston, SC
Airport: Charleston Executive Airport
Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Substantial damage
Aircraft: N73453
Reported as: Cessna 172M
Reported engine: Lycoming O320*
Pilot’s flight hours: 65 total8 in this make and model33 in the last 90 days

N73453Registered now · Cessna 172MS/N 17267471 · Built 1976 Airframe modelCessna 172M Engine modelLycoming 0-320 seriesReciprocating

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What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

While taxing onto the grass tie down area, the pilot attempted to taxi around another aircraft (taxiing off the taxiway area in a grassy area), when the aircraft was taxied back to the taxiway, the nose wheel hit a pipe burried in the ground. The sudden stop of the nose wheel caused it (the aircraft) to dip striking the prop, causing a sudden stop of the engine. Pilot very cooperative.

As the FAA filed it

WHILE TAXING ONTO THE GRASS TIE DOWN AREA, THE PILOT ATTEMPTED TO TAXI AROUND ANOTHER AIRCRAFT (TAXIING OFF THE TAXIWAY AREA IN A GRASSY AREA), WHEN THE AIRCRAFT WAS TAXIED BACK TO THE TAXIWAY, THE NOSE WHEEL HIT A PIPE BURRIED IN THE GROUND. THE SUDDEN STOP OF THE NOSE WHEEL CAUSED IT (THE AIRCRAFT) TO DIP STRIKING THE PROP, CAUSING A SUDDEN STOP OF THE ENGINE. PILOT VERY COOPERATIVE.

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