# Accident 20031130037609A: Cessna 172R, Lexington, KY, November 30, 2003

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 30, 2003, 12:45 local time
- Place: Lexington, KY
- Airport: Blue Grass
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 38.0336° N, 84.6003° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.0336&lon=-84.6003&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9968F, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N9968F) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172R (registry code 2072401, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172r) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming I0360 series (registry code 41515, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-i0360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172R
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 597 total, 150 in this make and model, 30 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB IAD04LA003](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/IAD04LA003) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20031130037609A

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON 11/30/03 CESSNA N9968F, OWNED AND OPERATED BY AERO-TECH INC. A 141 SCHOOL, WAS BLOWN ON IT'S LEFT WING TIP AND NOSE BY A REGIONAL JET (RJ) N664BR OPERATED BY UNITED EXPRESS/ATLANTIC COAST AIRLINES FLIGHT #7394. THE REGIONAL JET N664BR OPERATED BY TWO ATLANTIC COAST AIRLINE MECHANICS WAS PERFORMING POWER RUNS. THE MECHANICS CONTACTED AIR TRAFFIC CONTROL (ATC) AND TOLD THEM THEY WERE AT GATE C5 AND NEEDED TO DO SOME POWER RUNS. ATC CLEARED THE AIRCRAFT TO RUN WHERE THEY WERE. THE RJ N664BR SAID THAT THERE WAS ANOTHER AIRCRAFT PARKED IN FRONT OF THEM SO THEY WOULD NOT DO THE PERFORMANCE RUNS AT THAT TIME. LATER N664BR ADVISED THE TOWER ATC, THAT THE AIRCRAFT PARKED IN FRONT OF THEM HAD DEPARTED, AND THEY WERE READY TO DO THEIR POWER RUNS WHERE THEY WERE IF IT WAS OK. ATC CLEARED N664BR TO PERFORM POWER RUNS. LOOKING AT THE PICTURE TAKEN BY THE LEXINGTON AIRPORT POLICE THE REGIONAL JET WAS PARKED AT GATE C5 AT APPROXIMATELY A 45-DEGREE ANGLE TO THE BUILDING WITH THE TAIL OF THE AIRCRAFT POINTING AT THE END OF RUNWAY 22. THIS WAS ALSO VERIFIED BY STATEMENT FROM ^PRIVACY DATA ^ AN ATLANTIC COAST AIRLINE EMPLOYEE WHO OBSERVED THE AIRCRAFT WHILE IT WAS PERFORMING THE ENGINE RUNS. AIRCRAFT N9968F REQUESTED CLEARANCE TO TAXI TO RUNWAY 22 FROM THE FIXED BASE OPERATOR (FBO). ATC CLEARED N9968F TO RUNWAY 22. LISTENING TO THE TOWER TAPES I DID NOT HEAR ATC ADVISE N9968F OF THE AIRCRAFT N664BR DOING PERFORMANCE RUNS. AS AIRCRAFT N9968F TAXIED BEHIND N664BR THE JET BLAST BLEW IT ON THE LEFT WING TIP AND NOSE OF AIRCRAFT. THE PILOT MR. CHRISTIAN MAGURA STATED THAT THE AIRCRAFT ROTATED AND ENDED UP FACING THE TAIL PIPES OF N664BR. LISTENING TO THE TOWER TAPES IT SOUNDS LIKE A WOMAN'S VOICE THAT TALKS TO N664BR ABOUT PERFORMING ENGINE RUNS. LATER WHEN N9968F CALLS FOR TAXI CLEARANCE IT SOUNDS LIKE A MAN'S VOICE.

## 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 IAD04LA003](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/IAD04LA003), Nov 30, 2003: Cessna C172R (N9968F), Lexington, KY, substantial damage. Probable cause: The ground controller's failure to advise the relieving controller information regarding an engine run-up, which subsequently resulted in the flight instructor's inadvertent encounter with jet blast…

## Other reports on N9968F (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Accident 20220825015079A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20220825015079A), Aug 25, 2022: Cessna 172R (N9968F), Kissimmee, FL, Substantial damage. On 08/25/2022 [privacy data omitted], a Cessna 172, was atempting to land at the Kissimmee, FL (kism) airport when the pilot allowed the aircraft to bounce…

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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