# Incident 20021108030799I: Cessna 172C, Pittsburgh, PA, November 8, 2002

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 8, 2002, 11:10 local time
- Place: Pittsburgh, PA
- Airport: Allegheny County
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.3544° N, 79.9290° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at ALLEGHENY COUNTY (AGC), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.3544&lon=-79.9290&mi=10
- Aircraft: N172RQ, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N172RQ-2011-11-28) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172P (registry code 2072436, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172p) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172C
- Pilot flight hours: 70 total, 70 in this make and model, 6 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20021108030799I

## Narrative

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

(-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 20100423032919I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20100423032919I), Apr 23, 2010: Cessna 172P (N172RQ), West Mifflin, PA, Minor damage. Cessna 172P, N172RQ was cleared for the option approach runway 31 at kagc, with an instructor, [privacy data omitted]9 and student [privacy data omitted].…
- [Accident 19880821034179A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19880821034179A), Aug 21, 1988: Cessna 172P (N172RQ), Freeport, PA, Substantial damage. Touched down midfield on wet grass strip. Unable to stop, ran off end down a slope and nosed over in tall grass.

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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