20030317003819I

Incident · Substantial damage

FAA incident report · Cessna 172S · Mobile, AL · March 17, 2003

Date
March 17, 2003 · 13:33 local
Place
Mobile, AL
Airport
Bates Field
Phase of flight
Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N3544W
Reported as
Cessna 172S
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
175 total175 in this make and model45 in the last 90 days

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) Two aircraft moving on the ramp in close proximity. Jet blast from a falcon jet tilted a Cessna 172 causing a prop strike and wing damage. The 172 was taxiing to a refueling point and was not departing for a flight.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) TWO AIRCRAFT MOVING ON THE RAMP IN CLOSE PROXIMITY. JET BLAST FROM A FALCON JET TILTED A CESSNA 172 CAUSING A PROP STRIKE AND WING DAMAGE. THE 172 WAS TAXIING TO A REFUELING POINT AND WAS NOT DEPARTING FOR A FLIGHT.