# Incident 20070527008859I: Cessna 172S, Olathe, KS, May 27, 2007

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 27, 2007, 17:15 local time
- Place: Olathe, KS
- Airport: Johnson County Executive Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 38.8476° N, 94.7376° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at JOHNSON COUNTY EXEC (OJC), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.8476&lon=-94.7376&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5331K, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N5331K) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172S (registry code 2072439, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172s) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming IO-360-L2A (registry code 41597, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-io-360-l2a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172S
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 4,500 total, 600 in this make and model, 100 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20070527008859I

## Narrative

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

(-23) THE PILOT ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ CONDUCTED AN INTRODUCTORY FLIGHT LESSON WITH A FIRST TIME STUDENT IN THE LEFT SEAT, AND ONE PASSENGER IN THE BACK OF THE SINGLE ENGINE CESSNA 172. AFTER LANDING AND CLEARING THE RUNWAY, HE INSTRUCTED THE STUDENT TO TURN LEFT ONTO A TAXIWAY AND TAXI TO THE RAMP BUT SHE TURNED RIGHT AND RAN INTO A TAXIWAY LIGHT WITH THE AIRPLANE'S PROPELLER, CAUSING MINOR DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT. THE PILOT ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ CLAIMED HE APPLIED FULL LEFT RUDDER AND BRAKE BUT WAS UNABLE TO STOP THE RIGHT TURN BEFORE THE PROPELLER STRUCK THE TAXIWAY LIGHT. MAINTENANCE PERSONNEL EXAMINED THE AIRPLANE AND FOUND NO PROBLEM WITH THE NOSEWHEEL STEERING OR BRAKES. THIS REPORT IS CLOSED ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

## Other reports on N5331K (2)

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

- [Incident 20220531003349I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20220531003349I), May 31, 2022: Cessna 172S (N5331K), Vinemont, AL, Minor damage. Aircraft veered from taxiway resulting in a propeller strike of a taxiway light.
- [Incident 20170707018519I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20170707018519I), Jul 7, 2017: Cessna 172S (N5331K), Augusta, MO, Minor damage. Aircraft was at cruise altitude of approximately 3000FT when the pilot experienced an engine failure. The cylinder fractured from the left engine case half.…

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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