# Accident 20030612012489A: Cessna R172E, Albuquerque, NM, June 12, 2003

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 12, 2003, 11:40 local time
- Place: Albuquerque, NM
- Airport: Albuquerque International Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 35.0000° N, 106.6003° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.0000&lon=-106.6003&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7867N, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N7867N) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna R172E (registry code 2072413, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-r172e) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-360 series (registry code 17025, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA R172E
- Reported engine: CONT IO360D
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Student
- Pilot flight hours: 35 total, 35 in this make and model, 35 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB DEN03TA103](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN03TA103) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20030612012489A

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON JUNE 12, 2003 AT 1140 MDT, A CESSNA T-41C, N7867N REGISTERED TO UNITED STATES AIR FORCE, OPERATED BY KIRTLAND AFB AERO CLUB, TIPPED OVER ONTO THE LEFT WING TIP, WHILE TAXIING FOR TAKE OFF ON A SOLO FLIGHT. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME AND A VFR FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED. THE AIRCRAFT WAS SUBSTANTIALLY DAMAGED AND THE CERTIFICATED STUDENT PILOT WAS NOT INJURED. THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED AT ALBUQUERQUE INTERNATIONAL SUNPORT ON JUNE 12, AT 1135 MDT.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB DEN03TA103](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN03TA103), Jun 12, 2003: Cessna R172E (N7867N), Albuquerque, NM, substantial damage. Probable cause: the student pilot's inadvertent encounter with the jet blast and the subsequent inability to maintain aircraft control.

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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