# Incident 20100111026409I: Cessna 172M, Troutdale, OR, January 11, 2010

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 11, 2010, 12:46 local time
- Place: Troutdale, OR
- Airport: Portland-Troutdale
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Taxi
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 45.5494° N, 122.4013° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at PORTLAND-TROUTDALE (TTD), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=45.5494&lon=-122.4013&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5201H, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N5201H) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172M (registry code 2072418, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172m) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172M
- Reported engine: LYCOMING 0-320 SERIES
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 336 total, 105 in this make and model, 9 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20100111026409I

## Narrative

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

ON JANUARY 11, 2010, AT APPROXIMATELY 2046Z (1246L) WHILE TAXIING ONTO RUNWAY 07 AT THE PORTLAND TROUTDALE AIRPORT, N5201H, A CESSNA 172M AIRCRAFT, SUSTAINED A PROP STRIKE AND THE AIRCRAFT'S RIGHT WING CONTACTED THE RUNWAY.PRIOR TO TAXIING TO RUNWAY 07, THE PILOT REPORTED TO PORTLAND-TROUTDALE CONTROL TOWER THAT HE HAD INFORMATION ALPHA. TROUTDALE AIRPORT INFORMATION ALPHA INDICATES THAT THE WIND AT 1948Z (1148L) WAS 080/24 KNOTS WITH GUSTS TO 35 KNOTS. THE METAR REPORT FOR THE PORTLAND TROUTDALE AIRPORT ON JANUARY 11, 2010 AT 2052Z (1252L) INDICATES THAT THE WIND WAS 090/30 KNOTS WITH GUSTS TO 37 KNOTS. N5201H'S PROPELLER LEFT MARKS IN RUNWAY 07 WHICH INDICATE THAT THE AIRCRAFT WAS APPROXIMATELY 30 DEGREES TO THE RUNWAY CENTERLINE (HEADING OF 100 DEGREES) WHEN THE PROPELLER IMPACTED THE RUNWAY. ON N5201H, THERE WAS DAMAGE TO THE PROPELLER; HOWEVER THERE DID NOT APPEAR TO BE ANY DAMAGE TO THE FIREWALL IN THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT. THE RIGHT WINGTIP AND OUTBOARD WING RIB WERE ALSO DAMAGED. THE PILOT OF N5201H INDICATES THAT HE HAD THE FLIGHT CONTROLS POSITIONED FOR A CROSS WIND CONDITION AS HE TAXIED ONTO RUNWAY 07 FOR DEPARTURE. THE PILOT DID NOT HAVE ANY WING FLAPS EXTENDED. AS HE WAS TURNING ONTO THE RUNWAY, A WIND GUST CAUGHT THE AIRCRAFT. THE PILOT INDICATES THAT HE FELT LIKE HE WAS SLIDING DOWNHILL AND APPLIED THE BRAKES. SHORTLY THEREAFTER, THE AIRCRAFT'S RIGHT WING TIP AND PROPELLER CONTACTED THE RUNWAY. THE AIRCRAFT WAS  SHUT DOWN AND TOWED OFF OF THE RUNWAY.

## Other reports on N5201H (1)

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

- [Incident 20180417003759I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20180417003759I), Apr 17, 2018: Cessna 172M (N5201H), Troutdale, OR, Minor damage. Student pilot set up for light cross wind landing on rwy 25. Student landed the aircraft well at approximately 75 knots. During rollout aircraft started to…

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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