# Accident 20110716014089A: Cessna 172N, Porthill, ID, July 16, 2011

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 16, 2011, 16:00 local time
- Place: Porthill, ID
- Airport: Porthill
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Taxi
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 48.9983° N, 116.4980° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Porthill, ID, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=48.9983&lon=-116.4980&mi=10
- Aircraft: N733BT, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N733BT) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172N (registry code 2072434, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172n) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172N
- Reported engine: LYCOMING 0-320 SERIES
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 4,288 total, 500 in this make and model, 141 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20110716014089A

## Narrative

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

RIGHT WING STRUCK A SIGN TO THE SIDE OF THE TURN-AROUND AREA WHILE TAXIING. LEADING EDGE WAS DENTED AND RIGHT FLAP WAS PUSHED INTO THE FUSELAGE FAIRING AREA. REAR SPAR BENT NEAR FLAP ACTUATOR AREA. NO INJURIES.

## NTSB investigation

None matched to this report by aircraft and date. Search the NTSB's own records: https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/basic-search

## Other reports on N733BT (1)

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

- [Accident 20210505008479A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20210505008479A), May 5, 2021: Cessna 172N (N733BT), Lewiston, ID, Substantial damage. Student pilot taxiing after landing at lws runway 12 turned off on taxi way d and while taxiing back on taxiway c for takeoff on runway 12 loss control of…

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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