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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Cessna 172M · Denver, CO · January 6, 2007

Date: January 6, 2007 · 12:28 local
Place: Denver, CO
Airport: Jeffco Airport
Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N5138R
Reported as: Cessna 172M
Reported engine: Lycoming O320D2G
People aboard: 2
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 1,500 total300 in this make and model40 in the last 90 days

N5138RRegistered now · Cessna 172MS/N 17263355 · Built 1974 Airframe modelCessna 172M Engine modelLycoming 0-320 seriesReciprocating

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What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

(-23) On January 8, 2007, the pilot privacy data omitted was performing touch-and-goes with a student in Cessna 172M serial #17263355, N5138R. After landing on runway 29R, the student was taxiing the aircraft back to the ramp area when a gust of wing pushed the aircraft on the icy taxiway into a snowbank on the side of the taxiway. The wind picked up the tail and the left wing of the aircraft, the aircraft ended up on its nose and on the right wing in a snow bank. The pilot privacy data omitted called the tower to get assistance from the FBO on getting the aircraft out of the snowbank and back to the ramp. The aircraft was removed from the snowbank and was towed back to the ramp with wing walkers holding onto the wings because of the high gusty winds. The prop had struck the snowbank and the right wing tip had a slight amount of damage. The aircraft owner has elected to install a new prop and engine, and this work is to be completed in the month of February.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) ON JANUARY 8, 2007, THE PILOT ^PRIVACY DATA OMIT^ WAS PERFORMING TOUCH-AND-GOES WITH A STUDENT IN CESSNA 172M SERIAL #17263355, N5138R. AFTER LANDING ON RUNWAY 29R, THE STUDENT WAS TAXIING THE AIRCRAFT BACK TO THE RAMP AREA WHEN A GUST OF WING PUSHED THE AIRCRAFT ON THE ICY TAXIWAY INTO A SNOWBANK ON THE SIDE OF THE TAXIWAY. THE WIND PICKED UP THE TAIL AND THE LEFT WING OF THE AIRCRAFT, THE AIRCRAFT ENDED UP ON ITS NOSE AND ON THE RIGHT WING IN A SNOW BANK. THE PILOT ^PRIVACY DAT^ CALLED THE TOWER TO GET ASSISTANCE FROM THE FBO ON GETTING THE AIRCRAFT OUT OF THE SNOWBANK AND BACK TO THE RAMP. THE AIRCRAFT WAS REMOVED FROM THE SNOWBANK AND WAS TOWED BACK TO THE RAMP WITH WING WALKERS HOLDING ONTO THE WINGS BECAUSE OF THE HIGH GUSTY WINDS. THE PROP HAD STRUCK THE SNOWBANK AND THE RIGHT WING TIP HAD A SLIGHT AMOUNT OF DAMAGE. THE AIRCRAFT OWNER HAS ELECTED TO INSTALL A NEW PROP AND ENGINE, AND THIS WORK IS TO BE COMPLETED IN THE MONTH OF FEBRUARY.