# Incident 20090131001769I: Cessna 152, Philadelphia, PA, January 31, 2009

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 31, 2009, 19:03 local time
- Place: Philadelphia, PA
- Airport: Wings Field
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Ground/Ramp/Ma
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.1376° N, 75.2651° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at WINGS FLD (LOM), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.1376&lon=-75.2651&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5127M, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5127M-2014-11-19) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 152 (registry code 2071835, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-152) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-235 series (registry code 41505, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-235-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 152
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,250 total, 700 in this make and model, 100 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20090131001769I

## Narrative

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

(-23) AFTER STARTING AIRCRAFT, PILOT TAXIED AIRCRAFT TO HARD SURFACE TIEDOWN AREA.  PILOT EXITED AIRCRAFT WHILE IT WAS STILL RUNNING.  HE THEN CHOCKED THE WHEELS AND TIED THE AIRCRAFT DOWN.  AFTER COMPLETING THIS, HE THEN WALKED AWAY FROM THE AIRCRAFT TO GET HIS CAR IN THE PARKING LOT.  WHEN HE RETURNED WITH HIS CAR, THE AIRCRAFT WAS MOVING IN A CIRCLE AROUND THE RIGHT WING TIEDOWN ROPE.  THE PILOT GRABBED THE RIGHT STRUT IN AN ATTEMPT TO STOP THE AIRCRAFT.  HE WAS KNOCKED TO THE GROUND BY THE AIRCRAFT AND INJURED HIS HEAD.  THE AIRCRAFT THEN MOVED ACROSS THE RAMP AND RAN INTO THE OPERATIONS BUILDING.  DAMAGED TO THE BUILDING INCLUDED A HOLE IN THE WALL, A BROKEN HAND RAIL, A CORNER POST COMPLETELY KNOCKED DOWN, A PICTURE WINDOW AND AREA OF WALL BROKEN OUT.  THEN AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE TO RIGHT WING JUST OUTBOARD OF THE WING STRUT, THE LEFT WING TIP AREA, AND NOSE STRUT.  THE PROPELLER SEPARATED FROM THE ENGINE AFTER STRIKING THE BUILDING.  PILOT STATED THAT HE WAS NOT INTENDING TO FLY THE AIRCRAFT, ONLY TO WARM UP THE ENGINE.

## Other reports on N5127M (1)

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

- [Incident 19830116002569I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19830116002569I), Jan 16, 1983: Cessna 152 (N5127M), Kenly, NC, Minor damage. Overshot short runway demonstrating short field landing to student. Ran off end and overturned.

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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