# Accident 20000811011689A: Cessna 172N, North Platte, NE, August 11, 2000

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 11, 2000
- Place: North Platte, NE
- Airport: Lee Bird Field
- Damage: No damage
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.1262° N, 100.6837° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at , within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.1262&lon=-100.6837&mi=10
- Aircraft: N734WD, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N734WD-2014-05-09) (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
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI00LA254](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI00LA254) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000811011689A

## Narrative

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

(-23) AIRPLANE CESSNA 172, N734WD WAS DOING RUNUP BEHIND HOLD SHORT TIME ON TAXI WAY BRAVEO AT NIGHT. AIRPLANE CESSNA 208, N1116Y TAXIED INTO TAIL OF CESSNA 172 CAUSING DAMAGE TO VERTICAL STABALIZER, RUDDER, HORIZONTAL STABALIZER, AND ELEVATOR. PILOT OF CESSNA 172 STATED HE HAD ROTATING BEACON AND NAV LIGHTS ON, WITNESSES STATED HE WAS AIRPLANE CESSNA 172 TAXI OUT WITH ROTATING BEACON AND NAV LIGHTS ON, PILOT OF CESSNA 208 STATED HE SAW GLOW OF RED LIGHT ON THE GROUND FROM CESSNA 172 AFTER COLLISION. SKID MARKS BY CESSNA 208 WERE 20 FEET 6 INCHES, ON LEFT TIRE, 10 FEET 9 INCHES ON RIGHT TIRE. WITNESSES STATED HE SAW CESSNA 208 TAXI OUT AT A MODERATE RATE OF SPEED. PILOT OF CESSNA 208 DID NOT SEE CESSNA 172. LIGHT BULB RECOVERED AT SCENE SENT TO NTSD FOR ANALYSIS.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB CHI00LA254](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI00LA254), Aug 12, 2000: Cessna 172N (N734WD), North Platte, NE, substantial damage. Probable cause: the pilot of the other airplane not maintaining clearance while taxiing. A factor was the dark night.

## Other reports on N734WD (2)

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

- [Accident 20090225004329A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20090225004329A), Feb 25, 2009: Cessna 172N (N734WD), Olathe, KS, Substantial damage. (-23) Prior to the student pilot's second supervised solo, she taxied N734WD to Kansas city aviation center FBO to let her instructor off on the ramp. The…
- [Incident 19991027038369I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19991027038369I), Oct 27, 1999: Cessna 172N (N734WD), Denver, CO. Mr. Shaw departed bjc after checking the local weather and flew to fort collins-loveland airprot to pratice instrument approaches. The wind at the fnl airprot…

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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