20090514006589I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Cessna 172RG · North Kingstow, RI · May 14, 2009

Date: May 14, 2009 · 11:00 local
Place: North Kingstow, RI
Airport: Quonset State
Phase of flight: Taxi
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N4794R
Reported as: Cessna 172RG
People aboard: 1
Fatal injuries: 0
Other injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 240 total240 in this make and model35 in the last 90 days

N4794RRegistration cancelled Feb 20, 2020 · Cessna 172RGS/N 172RG0033 · Built 1979 Airframe modelCessna 172RG Engine modelLycoming O&VO-360 seriesReciprocating

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

The subject aircraft while pre-departure taxiing via taxiing via taxiiway romeo at Quonset RI, was caught in the jetwash of a C-130 running up in the maintenance area. The left wing of the aircraft was lifted causing the aircraft subsequently to nose over and impact the propeller on the ground causing a sudden stoppage of the engine. In addition the right wing tip scraped the ground causing minor damage.

As the FAA filed it

THE SUBJECT AIRCRAFT WHILE PRE-DEPARTURE TAXIING VIA TAXIING VIA TAXIIWAY ROMEO AT QUONSET RI, WAS CAUGHT IN THE JETWASH OF A C-130 RUNNING UP IN THE MAINTENANCE AREA. THE LEFT WING OF THE AIRCRAFT WAS LIFTED CAUSING THE AIRCRAFT SUBSEQUENTLY TO NOSE OVER AND IMPACT THE PROPELLER ON THE GROUND CAUSING A SUDDEN STOPPAGE OF THE ENGINE. IN ADDITION THE RIGHT WING TIP SCRAPED THE GROUND CAUSING MINOR DAMAGE.