# Incident 19990110039249I: Cessna 172M, Charleston, SC, January 10, 1999

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 10, 1999, 16:20 local time
- Place: Charleston, SC
- Airport: Charleston Executive Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 32.7010° N, 80.0032° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at CHARLESTON EXEC (JZI), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.7010&lon=-80.0032&mi=10
- Aircraft: N73453, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N73453) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172M (registry code 2072418, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172m) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172M
- Reported engine: LYC O320*
- Pilot flight hours: 65 total, 8 in this make and model, 33 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19990110039249I

## Narrative

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

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.

## Other reports on N73453 (1)

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

- [Incident 20200107004149I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20200107004149I), Jan 7, 2020: Cessna 172M (N73453), Hickory, NC, Minor damage. Aircraft was on a VFR flight inbound for landing runway 24, when, after the aircraft touched down, as reported by the pilot, a gust of wind caused the aircraft…

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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