# Incident 19991215037809I: Cessna 172N, Indianapolis, IN, December 15, 1999

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 15, 1999, 01:00 local time
- Place: Indianapolis, IN
- Airport: Indianapolis International
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 39.7173° N, 86.2946° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at INDIANAPOLIS INTL (IND), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.7173&lon=-86.2946&mi=10
- Aircraft: N737LJ, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N737LJ-2006-09-28) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172N (registry code 2072434, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172n) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172N
- Reported engine: LYC O320*
- Pilot flight hours: 2,860 total, 850 in this make and model, 25 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19991215037809I

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON 12/15/99 AT 0100 LOCAL TIME FEDEX, N468FE A B-727 WAS NUMBER 1 FOR TAKEOFF AND A CE-172-N, N737LJ WAS BEHIND FEDEX, NUMBER 2 FOR TAKEOFF.  BOTH ACFT WERE ON TAXIWAY D-1 FOR DEPARTURE ON RNWY 23L.  FEDEX WAS INSTRUCTED TO TAKE POSITION AND HOLD ON RUNWAY 23L.  WHEN FEDEX THROTTLED UP TO TAKE THE RUNWAY THE JET BLAST UPSET THE CESSNA.  THE JET BLAST RAISED THE CESSNA OFF THE GROUND.  IT CAME DOWN DAMAGED THE LEFT WING TIP AND CURLING THE PROPELLER.  THE CESSNA SUSTAINED MINOR DAMAGE.

## Other reports on N737LJ (1)

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

- [Accident 19821006051599A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19821006051599A), Oct 6, 1982: Cessna 172N (N737LJ), Albany, GA, Substantial damage. Exhausted fuel on top of overcast. Crashed during emergency landing after let down through clouds.

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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