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Incident

FAA incident report · Cessna 172C · Pittsburgh, PA · November 8, 2002

Date: November 8, 2002 · 11:10 local
Place: Pittsburgh, PA
Airport: Allegheny County
Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Aircraft: N172RQ
Reported as: Cessna 172C
Pilot’s flight hours: 70 total70 in this make and model6 in the last 90 days

N172RQRegistration cancelled Nov 28, 2011 · Cessna 172PS/N 172-76324 · Built 1985 Airframe modelCessna 172P 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 pilot was distracted by his passenger and did not hear the tower instructions to hold short of the active runway 23. The pilot taxi in position for takeoff on the active runway. Agc tower personnel advised the pilot to clear the active runway. The pilot executed a 180 turn and cleared the runway and requested taxi instructions to return to the ramp. privacy data omitted Incident closed.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) THE PILOT WAS DISTRACTED BY HIS PASSENGER AND DID NOT HEAR THE TOWER INSTRUCTIONS TO HOLD SHORT OF THE ACTIVE RUNWAY 23. THE PILOT TAXI IN POSITION FOR TAKEOFF ON THE ACTIVE RUNWAY. AGC TOWER PERSONNEL ADVISED THE PILOT TO CLEAR THE ACTIVE RUNWAY. THE PILOT EXECUTED A 180 TURN AND CLEARED THE RUNWAY AND REQUESTED TAXI INSTRUCTIONS TO RETURN TO THE RAMP. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ INCIDENT CLOSED.

Other reports on N172RQ · 2

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

Incident 20100423032919ITaxi · West Mifflin, PACessna 172P, N172RQ was cleared for the option approach runway 31 at kagc, with an instructor, [privacy data omitted]9 and student [privacy data omitted]. After landing the instructor advised the tower N172RQ would like to taxi back, the tower told them to…Apr 23, 2010 · Minor damage Accident 19880821034179ARoll-Out (Fixed Wing) · Freeport, PATouched down midfield on wet grass strip. Unable to stop, ran off end down a slope and nosed over in tall grass.Aug 21, 1988 · Substantial damage