# Accident 20090717047959A: Cessna 172L, Anchorage, AK, July 17, 2009

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 17, 2009, 22:00 local time
- Place: Anchorage, AK
- Airport: Lake Hood Strip
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Taxi
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 61.1894° N, 149.9653° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=61.1894&lon=-149.9653&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7136Q, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N7136Q) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172L (registry code 2072432, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172l) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172L
- Reported engine: LYCOMING 0-320 SERIES
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport
- Pilot flight hours: 7,800 total, 200 in this make and model, 70 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ANC09LA069](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC09LA069) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20090717047959A

## Narrative

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

AFTER LANDING AT THE LAKE HOOD STRIP THE PILOT RECEIVED TAXI INSTRUCTIONS TO TRANSIENT PARKING.  THE PILOT BEING UNFAMILIAR WITH LAKE HOOD PROCEEDED TO TAXI THROUGH TAXIWAY HOTEL AND ONTO A ROAD HEADING NORTHWEST TO TAXIWAY VICTOR.  THE SUN WAS SHINNING DIRECTLY INTO THE PILOTS EYES AND WHILE CONTINUING TO TAXI THE AIRCRAFTS RIGHT WING STRUCK A SIGNPOST.  THE PILOT USED HEAVY BREAKING AFTER HE REALIZED THE AIRCRAFT HAD HIT SOMETHING AND THE AIRCRAFT PROCEEDED INTO THE ROADWAY DITCH.THE WEATHER WAS VFR AND THE WINDS WERE LIGHT.

## 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 ANC09LA069](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC09LA069), Jul 18, 2009: Cessna 172L (N7136Q), Anchorage, AK, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's unfamiliarity with the airport environment, which resulted in his taxiing the airplane onto a no-taxi section of roadway and into a road sign. Contributing to the accident was the pilot's…

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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