# Incident 20050208000969I: Cessna 172N, Midland, TX, February 8, 2005

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 8, 2005, 19:55 local time
- Place: Midland, TX
- Airport: Midland International Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 31.9973° N, 102.0779° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Midland, TX, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=31.9973&lon=-102.0779&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5114K, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N5114K) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172N (registry code 2072434, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172n) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172N
- Reported engine: LYC O320D2G
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,748 total, 67 in this make and model, 13 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20050208000969I

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON FEBRUARY 8, 2005, AT APPROXIMATELY 1955 CST, THE PILOT IN COMMAND OF A CESSNA 172 AIRCRAFT, WHILE ATTEMPTING TO EXIT THE RUNWAY, TAXIED INTO THE GRASS, AND HIT A TAXIWAY LIGHT. THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED MINOR DAMAGE. NO INJURIES WERE RECEIVED BY THE PILOT OR SOLE OCCUPANT. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AND NO FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED FOR THE 14 CFR PART 91 LOCAL FLIGHT.

## Other reports on N5114K (1)

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

- [Accident 19840523018469A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19840523018469A), May 23, 1984: Cessna 172N (N5114K), San Antonio, TX, Substantial damage. Aircraft landed long and ran off end of runway through a chain link fence.

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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