# Incident 20030103000149I: Cessna 172H, Tucson, AZ, January 3, 2003

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 3, 2003, 13:56 local time
- Place: Tucson, AZ
- Airport: Tucson International
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 32.1171° N, 110.9415° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at TUCSON INTL (TUS), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.1171&lon=-110.9415&mi=10
- Aircraft: N1402F, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N1402F) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172H (registry code 2072424, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172h) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental 0-300 series (registry code 17022, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-0-300-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172H
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,200 total, 1,500 in this make and model, 200 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20030103000149I

## Narrative

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

(-23) AIRCRAFT TAXIING TO RUNWAY 11R FOR TAKEOFF. AIRCRAFT NOSE WHEEL HAD A SEVERE SHIMMY LEFT AND RIGHT 3 TIMES, NOSE DROPPED AND PROPELLER STRUCK GROUND. UPON EXITING THE AIRCRAFT PILOT STATED THE NOSE WHEEL WAS APPROXIMATELY 5 FEET FROM THE AIRCRAFT. MAINTENANCE INSPECTED THE NOSE STRUT/FORK ASSEMBLY AND INDICATED AN INTERNAL CRACK IN NOSE FORK.

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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