# Incident 20080529842009I: Cessna 182M, Tucson, AZ, May 29, 2008

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 29, 2008, 20:30 local time
- Place: Tucson, AZ
- Airport: Tucson International
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 32.1171° N, 110.9415° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at TUCSON INTL (TUS), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.1171&lon=-110.9415&mi=10
- Aircraft: N71879, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N71879) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 182M (registry code 2072728, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-182m) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental O-470 series (registry code 17026, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-o-470-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 182M
- Reported engine: CONT O470*
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,150 total, 500 in this make and model, 20 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20080529842009I

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON MAY 29, 2008, AROUND 2030 MOUNTAIN STANDARD TIME, CESSNA 182M, N71879, STRUCK A TAXIING LIGHT WITH THE PROPELLER AFTER THE PILOT DEPARTED THE RUNWAY AFTER LANDING AT THE TUCSON INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT.  THE AIRCRAFT PROPELLER SUSTAINED MINOR DAMAGE.  THERE WERE NO INJURIES TO THE PILOT AND HIS PASSENGER.  THE PILOT WAS OPERATING UNDER THE PROVISIONS OF 14 CFR PART 91.

## Other reports on N71879 (3)

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

- [Accident 20250728010829A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20250728010829A), Jul 28, 2025: Cessna 182M (N71879), Imnaha, OR, Substantial damage. On July 28, 2025 the pilot lost control of the aircraft during landing and hit a tree with the left wing causing substantial damage to wing structure and…
- [Accident 19920513019519A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19920513019519A), May 13, 1992: Cessna 182M (N71879), Dayton, OH, Substantial damage. Very hard landing, said right seat passenger grabbed his arm due other traffic. Witness saw fast nose first landing
- [Accident 19840630033239A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19840630033239A), Jun 30, 1984: Cessna 182M (N71879), Georgetown, TX, Substantial damage. After aircraft substained bird strike pilot returned to field making a hard landing causing damage.

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.