# Incident 20071103826759I: Cessna 172S, Sedona, AZ, November 3, 2007

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 3, 2007, 17:00 local time
- Place: Sedona, AZ
- Airport: Sedona
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 34.8486° N, 111.7884° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at SEDONA (SEZ), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.8486&lon=-111.7884&mi=10
- Aircraft: N172GW, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N172GW) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172S (registry code 2072439, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172s) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming I0360 series (registry code 41515, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-i0360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172S
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 164 total, 164 in this make and model, 125 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20071103826759I

## Narrative

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

(-23) PILOT IN COMMAND WAS TAXIING OUT FOR A NORTH DEPARTURE AT SEZ. NUMEROUS TAXIWAYS WERE CLOSED NECESSITATING THE PILOT IN COMMAND TO BACK TAXI ON THE RUNWAY TO GET TO THE DEPARTURE END. THE PILOT IN COMMAND HEARD ANORTHER PILOT CALLING IN FOR LANDING AND SPED UP TO EXPEDITE HIS TAXI. UPON APPLICATION OF THE BRAKES THE NOSE WHEEL STARTED TO SHIMMY VIOLENTLY AND THE AIRCRAFT DID NOT SLOW DOWN AS IT NORMALLY WOULD AND THE PILOT IN COMMAND OVERRAN THE RUNWAY END. THE PILOT IN COMMAND DID A 180 DEGREE TURN AND PROCEEDED TO TAKEOFF. AS HE WAS INSPECTING THE AIRCRAFT AFTER LANDING AT RYN, HE NOTICED THAT BOTH PROP TIPS HAD HIT THE PAVEMENT.

## Other reports on N172GW (1)

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

- [Accident 20050920023439A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20050920023439A), Sep 20, 2005: Cessna 172S (N172GW), Cedar City, UT, Substantial damage. (-23) As the aircraft flared for touchdown the nose ballooned up and the pilot pushed the nose over. The aircraft hit hard on the nosewheel bending the…

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.

---
OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). It is not affiliated with the FAA or the NTSB. Source documents are U.S. government works in the public domain.