# Accident 20071105827559A: Cessna 172F, Nashville, TN, November 5, 2007

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 5, 2007, 13:41 local time
- Place: Nashville, TN
- Airport: Nashville International
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 36.1244° N, 86.6783° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.1244&lon=-86.6783&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5555R, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5555R-2013-08-20) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172F (registry code 2072414, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172f) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental 0-300 series (registry code 17022, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-0-300-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172F
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 760 total, 760 in this make and model, 121 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ANC08CA017](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC08CA017) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20071105827559A

## Narrative

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

(-23) NOVEMBER 05, 2007, AT 1341 LOCAL TIME AIRCRAFT N5555R CESSNA 172F WAS TAXIING ON SIERRA 7 TAXIWAY FOR DEPARTURE ON RUNWAY 20C. AIRCRAFT TAXIED BEHIND USAF AIR GUARD C-130 THAT WAS PERFORMING A HIGH POWER GROUND RUN. CESSNA N5555R TAXIED INTO THE C-130 PROPWASH LIFTING THE CESSNA OFF THE GROUND AND FLIPPING IT OVER ON ITS BACK, COMING TO REST 400 FT BEHIND THE C-130. PILOT EXITED THE AIRCRAFT WITHOUT INJURY.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB ANC08CA017](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC08CA017), Nov 5, 2007: Cessna 172 (N5555R), Nashville, TN, substantial damage. Probable cause: A propwash encounter during taxi from a four-engine airplane that overturned the pilot's single-engine airplane when he elected to taxi across the larger airplane's propwash.

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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