# Accident 20080202011279A: Cessna 172S, Tulsa, OK, February 2, 2008

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 2, 2008, 03:30 local time
- Place: Tulsa, OK
- Airport: Richard Lloyd Jones Jr
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 36.1540° N, 95.9928° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Tulsa, OK, within about 8 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.1540&lon=-95.9928&mi=10
- Aircraft: N766PD, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N766PD) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172S (registry code 2072439, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172s) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming I0360 SER A&C (registry code 41511, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-i0360-ser-a-c) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172S
- Reported engine: LYC IO360L2A
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 52 total, 45 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20080202011279A

## Narrative

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

(-23) PILOT WAS RETURNING FROM FLIGHT AND CLAIMED HE COULD NOT LOCATE AN ACCEPTABLE PARKING SPOT ON RAMP, SO WAS GOING TO TAXI AIRCRAFT TO END OF RAMP AND PARK AIRCRAFT IN FRONT OF A GRASSY AREA, OFTEN USED FOR PARKING AIRCRAFT. PILOT REPORTED THAT HE SAW THE STORM GRATE LOCATED AT THE END OF RAMP AND WAS ATTEMPTING TO TAXI OVER GRATE AT WHICH POINT HE LOST SIGHT OF GRATE AND TAXIED STRAIGHT INTO THE OPEN DRAINAGE TRENCH CAUSING SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT.

## NTSB investigation

None matched to this report by aircraft and date. Search the NTSB's own records: https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/basic-search

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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