# Incident 19991008028889I: Cessna 172RG, Manassas, VA, October 8, 1999

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 8, 1999, 13:15 local time
- Place: Manassas, VA
- Airport: Harry P Davis Field
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 38.7468° N, 77.4826° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Manassas, VA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.7468&lon=-77.4826&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5255U, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N5255U) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172RG (registry code 2072438, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172rg) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming O&VO-360 series (registry code 41514, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-o-vo-360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172RG
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 280 total, 15 in this make and model, 100 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19991008028889I

## Narrative

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

(-23) WHILE TAXIING NEAR ANOTHER AIRCRAFT, AIRMAN WAS WATCHING RIGHT WING AND HIT A BUILDING WITH HIS LEFT WING. MINOR DAMAGE.  NO INJURIES.

## Other reports on N5255U (1)

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

- [Incident 20000930017349I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000930017349I), Sep 30, 2000: Cessna 172RG (N5255U), Gaithersburg, MD, Minor damage. (-23)[privacy data omitted]was acting as PIC, giving^priv^instruction on emergency landings. During touch and go, after an emergency approach, the nose gear…

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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