# Incident 20010813026699I: Cessna 172RG, Oakland, CA, August 13, 2001

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 13, 2001, 21:30 local time
- Place: Oakland, CA
- Airport: Metropolitan Oakland International
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 37.8044° N, 122.2708° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Oakland, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.8044&lon=-122.2708&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6542V, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N6542V) (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: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 440 total, 48 in this make and model, 12 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20010813026699I

## Narrative

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

(-23) PILOT STATED THAT AFTER LANDING ON RUNWAY 33 AT OAKLAND INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT, HE WAS INSTRUCTED TO BACK TAXI TO TAXIWAY CHARLIE. WHILE TAXIING ON CHARLIE HE SAW A VEHICLE CROSSING THE TAXIWAY FROM RIGHT TO LEFT. PILOT TURNED OFF TAXI LIGHTS SO AS NOT TO BLIND THE DRIVER. PILOT STATED THAT HE SAW TAXIWAY "C" AND BEGAN TO TURN ON TO UNLIT AREA, WHICH APPEARED TO BE A TAXIWAY. PILOT FELT THE GROUND BECOME ROUGH AND HE REALIZED HE WAS OFF THE TAXIWAY. POWER WAS PULLED TO IDLE AND BRAKES APPLIED. THE AIRCRAFT NOSE TILTED DOWN ABOUT 8 INCHES CAUSING THE PROPELLERS TO STRIKE THE GROUND. TOP OF THE ENGINE COWLING WAS PUNCTURED BY ENGINE BAFFLES' BRACKET.

## Other reports on N6542V (1)

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

- [Incident 20190906012649I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20190906012649I), Sep 6, 2019: Cessna 172RG (N6542V), Nashua, NH, Minor damage. The pilot was performing power-off 180-degree accuracy landing to runway 14, and the first two landings were successful. On the third downwind leg of the…

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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