# Incident 20020325008969I: Cessna 172N, Memphis, TN, March 25, 2002

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 25, 2002, 05:55 local time
- Place: Memphis, TN
- Airport: Memphis International
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 35.1495° N, 90.0490° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Memphis, TN, within about 10 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.1495&lon=-90.0490&mi=10
- Aircraft: N739TR, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N739TR) (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
- People aboard: 4
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 20 total
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20020325008969I

## Narrative

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

(-23) PILOT ARNOLD BULLOCK LANDED AT MEMPHIS INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT ON RUNWAY 18C AT 1055GMT. ON ROLLOUT, HE INFORMED THE TOWER THAT HE WAS UNFAMILIAR WITH THE AIRPORT AND REQUESTED TAXI ASSISTANCE FROM GROUND CONTROL, SINCE IT WAS HIS FIRST TIME AT A CLASS B AIRPORT. GC INSTRUCTED HIM TO MAKE THE NEXT RIGHT TURN WHEN ABLE. BULLOCK WAS ABLE TO MAKE THE NEXT RIGHT TURN WHICH ACTUALLY WAS A REVERSE HIGH SPEED FOR RUNWAY 36C. (HIGH SPEED TURN-OFF C5). HE WAS FURTHER INSTRUCTED BY GROUND CONTROL TO CONTINUE STRAIGHT ON TAXIWAY C TO SIGNATURE AVIATION (THE FBO). BULLOCK STATED THAT HE THOUGH HE WAS ON A TAXIWAY CENTERLINE, AND CONTINUED STRAIGHT AHEAD UNTIL HE FELT THE AIRCRAFT LEAVE THE TAXIWAY AND ENTER ONTO A GRASSY AREA. HE DID NOT HAVE A MEMPHIS AIRPORT DIAGRAM, HAVING STATED THAT HIS ORIGINAL POINT OF LANDING WAS MILLINGTON AND NOT MEMPHIS INTERNATIONAL. APPLYING THE AIRCRAFT BRAKES HE SLID FURTHER DOWN THE GRASSY AREA TO A DRAINAGE DITCH WHERE THE PROP STRUCK THE EMBANKMENT ON THE OPPOSITE SIDE OF THE DRAINAGE CULVERT.

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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