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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Cessna 172N · Hanover, IN · June 2, 2000

Date: June 2, 2000
Place: Hanover, IN
Airport: Lee Bottom Airport
Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N2439E
Reported as: Cessna 172N
Pilot’s flight hours: 200 total

N2439ERegistration cancelled Nov 4, 2013 · Cessna 172NS/N 17271284 · Built 1978 Airframe modelCessna 172N Engine modelLycoming 0-320 seriesReciprocating

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

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

(-23)The private pilot operating his own aircraft was taxing on a grass landing strip without an assigned taxiway. He taxied his aircraft to the end of the departure runway and as he was turning the aircraft around, it started to slide down the slanting incline because of the wet grass. It came to rest against a tree damaging the windshield and leading edge of both wings.

As the FAA filed it

(-23)THE PRIVATE PILOT OPERATING HIS OWN AIRCRAFT WAS TAXING ON A GRASS LANDING STRIP WITHOUT AN ASSIGNED TAXIWAY. HE TAXIED HIS AIRCRAFT TO THE END OF THE DEPARTURE RUNWAY AND AS HE WAS TURNING THE AIRCRAFT AROUND, IT STARTED TO SLIDE DOWN THE SLANTING INCLINE BECAUSE OF THE WET GRASS. IT CAME TO REST AGAINST A TREE DAMAGING THE WINDSHIELD AND LEADING EDGE OF BOTH WINGS.