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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Cessna 172S · Grand Forks, ND · September 25, 2009

Date
September 25, 2009 · 18:53 local
Place
Grand Forks, ND
Phase of flight
Taxi
Operating rules
Pilot school (Part 141)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N516ND
Reported as
Cessna 172S
Reported engine
Lycoming IO-360-L2A
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Private pilot
Pilot’s flight hours
139 total139 in this make and model58 in the last 90 days

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.

A Cessna 172S, N516ND, operated by a private pilot, went off the taxiway and into the grass, causing only minor damage to the aircraft. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed at the time of the incident. The aircraft was operating under title 14 CFR part 141, for instructional purposes, for pilot training to acquire a commercial pilot rating. The incident occurred at the Grand Forks international airport, Grand Forks, north dakota.

As the FAA filed it

A CESSNA 172S, N516ND, OPERATED BY A PRIVATE PILOT, WENT OFF THE TAXIWAY AND INTO THE GRASS, CAUSING ONLY MINOR DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME OF THE INCIDENT. THE AIRCRAFT WAS OPERATING UNDER TITLE 14 CFR PART 141, FOR INSTRUCTIONAL PURPOSES, FOR PILOT TRAINING TO ACQUIRE A COMMERCIAL PILOT RATING. THE INCIDENT OCCURRED AT THE GRAND FORKS INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT, GRAND FORKS, NORTH DAKOTA.