# Incident 19991020033809I: Cessna R172K, Van Nuys, CA, October 20, 1999

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 20, 1999, 08:30 local time
- Place: Van Nuys, CA
- Airport: William J Fox
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 34.1867° N, 118.4490° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Van Nuys, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.1867&lon=-118.4490&mi=10
- Aircraft: N736YR, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N736YR-2005-04-26) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna R172K (registry code 2072431, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-r172k) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-360 series (registry code 17025, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA R172K
- Reported engine: CONT IO360*
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19991020033809I

## Narrative

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

(-23) PILOT JONATHAN LEO AMES, STUDENT PILOT CERTIFICATE NUMBER 3206205, STATED IN A WRITTEN STATEMENT THAT ON OCTOBER 20, 1999, AT ABOUT 0830 A.M. LOCAL WHILST TAXING N736YR AT WILLIAM J. FOX AIRPORT HIT A LIGHT POLE.  HE STOPPED THE AIRCRAFT AND INSPECTED THE LEFT WINGTIP FOR DAMAGE.  NOTIING NO DAMAGE EXCEPT THE WING TIP, HE RE-ENTERED THE AIRCRAFT AND ELECTED TO FLY THE AIRCRAFT.  HIS FLIGHT TO VAN NUYS AIRPORT WAS UNEVENTFUL.  PMI MOHAMMAD SALAHUDDIN AND POI PAUL F D'ALLURA WENT TO VAN NUYS AIRPORT.  I INSPECTED THE AIRCRAFT FOR DAMAGE AT THIS TIME AND ALSO LATER WHEN THE INSPECTION PANELS WERE OPENED.  I FOUND THE FOLLOWING DAMAGE:  1.  THE LEFT WING TIP FIBERGLASS LEADING EDGE HAD IMPACT DAMAGE AND HAD MANY CRACKS.  2. THE LEFT WING TIP LEADING EDGE METAL WAS DENTED.  3. LEFT FLAP INBOARD REAR WAS BENT UPWARD.  4. THE TOP AND BOTTOM OF LEFT WING INBOARD SKIN WERE WRINKLED. 5. THE LEFT WING FUEL TANK WAS OUT AND HAD A SMALL CRACK. . THE LEFT WING FALSE SPAR WAS BENT AT FLAP INBOARD ATTACHMENT.  NO ONE WAS INJURED.  NO OTHER AIRCRAFT WAS DAMAGED.

## Other reports on N736YR (1)

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

- [Accident 20010721016819A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20010721016819A), Jul 21, 2001: Cessna R172K (N736YR), Mammoth Lakes, CA, Destroyed. (-23) Pilot misjudged intended canyon and flew up a nearby canyon. As the canyon began to close in, he turned left and the aircraft stall warning horn sounded.…

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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