# Incident 20070106000649I: Cessna 172M, Denver, CO, January 6, 2007

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 6, 2007, 12:28 local time
- Place: Denver, CO
- Airport: Jeffco Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 39.7392° N, 104.9847° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Denver, CO, within about 7 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.7392&lon=-104.9847&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5138R, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N5138R) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172M (registry code 2072418, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172m) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172M
- Reported engine: LYC O320D2G
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,500 total, 300 in this make and model, 40 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20070106000649I

## Narrative

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

(-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.

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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