# Incident 20090222003139I: Cessna 172H, Tucson, AZ, February 22, 2009

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 22, 2009, 14:57 local time
- Place: Tucson, AZ
- Airport: Tucson International
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Taxi
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 32.1158° N, 110.9408° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.1158&lon=-110.9408&mi=10
- Aircraft: N1408F, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N1408F-2018-06-26) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172H (registry code 2072424, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172h) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental 0-300 series (registry code 17022, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-0-300-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172H
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,020 total, 616 in this make and model, 107 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB WPR09IA128](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR09IA128) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20090222003139I

## Narrative

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

(-23) WHILE TAXIING TO PARKING AFTER LANDING, THE CESSNA 172 TAXIED BEHIND AN MD80 AS IT WAS POWERING UP TO TAKE THE ACTIVE RUNWAY.  THE MD80 BLEW THE CESSNA 172 OVER ON TO ITS NOSE AND RIGHT WINGTIP.  THE CESSNA 172 SUSTAINED MINOR DAMAGE.  NO INJURIES WERE REPORTED.

## 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 WPR09IA128](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR09IA128), Feb 22, 2009: Cessna 172H (N1408F), Tucson, AZ, incident, minor damage. Probable cause: The flight instructor’s inadequate situational awareness while taxiing that led to an encounter with jet blast.

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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