# Incident 20061209027669I: Cessna 172N, Chandler, AZ, December 9, 2006

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 9, 2006
- Place: Chandler, AZ
- Airport: Chandler Municipal Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Starting Engines
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Operator: S3US
- Location: 33.2691° N, 111.8111° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at CHANDLER MUNI (CHD), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.2691&lon=-111.8111&mi=10
- Aircraft: N80CL (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172N
- Reported engine: LYC O360*
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 159 total, 1 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20061209027669I

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON DECEMBER 01, 2006 THE SDL FSDO ASI WCW WAS CONTACTED BY TAILWIND FLIGHT CENTRE REFERENCE DAMAGE ON CESSNA 172, N80CL. INSPECTION OF AIRCRAFT SHOWED DAMAGE TO THE PROPELLER A 1/2 INCH PIECE MISSING FROM THE TIP OF ONE BLADE WITH A BLUE PAINT TRANSFER. THE CHANDLER AIRPORT/RUNWAY MAINTENANCE PERSONNEL HAD PICKED UP A BLUE CESSNA TOWBAR ON THE TAXIWAY IN FRONT OF WHERE THE SUBJECT AIRCRAFT HAD BEEN PARKED. THE MAINTENANCE PERSONNEL STATED THAT THE TOWBAR WAS DAMAGED, AS IF IT HAD BEEN STRUCK BY A PROPELLER. THE SUBJECT AIRCRAFT WAS MISSING ITS TOWBAR (WHICH WAS BLUE IN COLOR). THE DAMAGE WAS DISCOVERED BY A STUDENT PILOT PREFLIGHT GETTING READY FOR A NIGHT FLIGHT. THE PILOT THAT HAD CONTROL OF THE AIRCRAFT HAD NOT NOTIFIED THE FBO OF THE DAMAGE. MAINTENANCE FACILITY HAS INSPECTED THE AIRCRAFT AND MUST COMPLY WITH THE SUDDEN STOPPAGE AD. THE ENGINE CASE WAS OPENED UP. CRANKSHAFT WAS FOUND TO BE OUT OF SPECIFICATIONS AND MUST BE REPLACED. ESTIMATE ON REPAIR OF DAMAGE EXCEEDS $12,000.00.

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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