# Incident 20030126014069I: Cessna 172P, Tampa, FL, January 26, 2003

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 26, 2003, 10:00 local time
- Place: Tampa, FL
- Airport: Topp Of Tampa Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 27.9475° N, 82.4584° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Tampa, FL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=27.9475&lon=-82.4584&mi=10
- Aircraft: N612CB (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172P
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Student
- Pilot flight hours: 45 total, 45 in this make and model, 15 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20030126014069I

## Narrative

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

(-23) WHILE TAXIING AIRCRAFT AND TRYING TO AVOID ANOTHER, AIRCRAFT'S PROPELLER CONTACTED A RUNWAY LIGHT CAUSING DAMAGE TO PROP. NO INJURIES. OWNER OF AIRCRAFT DOES NOT WANT TO PURSUE. PILOT COUNSELED, CLOSED.

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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