# Incident 20080709835339I: Cessna 172N, Bellingham, WA, July 9, 2008

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 9, 2008, 13:10 local time
- Place: Bellingham, WA
- Airport: Bellingham International
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 48.7927° N, 122.5375° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at BELLINGHAM INTL (BLI), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=48.7927&lon=-122.5375&mi=10
- Aircraft: N734LQ, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N734LQ) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172N (registry code 2072434, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172n) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172N
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 0 total, 0 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/20080709835339I

## Narrative

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

(-23) STUDENT PILOT ON CROSS COUNTRY LANDED AT RUNWAY 16 IN BELLINGHAM, WA (BLI) IN N734LQ, A CESSNA 172N, SERIAL NUMBER 1726894.  WHILE TURNING ONTO TAXIWAY THE PILOT LOST CONTROL OF AIRCRAFT MOMENTARILY AND STRUCK A TAXIWAY LIGHTING STRUCTURE.  THE PILOT RETURNED TO HARVEY FIELD ON SNOHOMISH, WA (S43) WHERE THE DAMGE WAS NOTED AS MINOR.

## Other reports on N734LQ (1)

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

- [Accident 19860302021209A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19860302021209A), Mar 2, 1986: Cessna 172N (N734LQ), Concrete, WA, Substantial damage. Struck a power line across a river while 50 AGL. Landed and verified damage. Returned to home base.

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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