# Incident 20130314004029I: Cessna 172M, Chesapeake, VA, March 14, 2013

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 14, 2013, 20:38 local time
- Place: Chesapeake, VA
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Taxi
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 36.8190° N, 76.2749° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Chesapeake, VA, within about 10 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.8190&lon=-76.2749&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9391H, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N9391H-2023-01-14) (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: Airline transport, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 7,300 total, 2,000 in this make and model, 40 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20130314004029I

## Narrative

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

THE A/C WAS TAXIING TO DEPART RUNWAY 28 VIA THE EAST APPROACH END OF RUNWAY 02, THE LANDING LIGHT BECAME INOPERATIVE.  WHEN THE LANDING LIGHT BECAME INOPERATIVE, THE PILOT STATED THAT THE TAXIWAY WAS COMPLETELY DARK AND HE COULD NOT SEE THE PAVEMENT.  HE INITIATED A TURN WITH THE INTENT OF RETURNING TO THE RAMP AND IN THE TURN HE SLID INTO A DITCH AND STRUCK THE PROP AGAINST THE GROUND CAUSING THE ENGINE TO IMMEDIATELY STOP.

## Other reports on N9391H (4)

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

- [Accident 20200701005319A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20200701005319A), Jul 1, 2020: Cessna 172M (N9391H), Chesapeake, VA, Substantial damage. Student pilot on solo flight came in for landing and upon touchdown, bounced, did not apply correction and continued bouncing getting progressively worse until…
- [Accident 19850921051819A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19850921051819A), Sep 21, 1985: Cessna 172M (N9391H), Fremont, OH, Substantial damage. Aircraft would not climb after an early liftoff. Mushed into a fence and a pasture off the runway end.
- [Incident 19791119044749I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19791119044749I), Nov 19, 1979: Cessna 172M (N9391H), Atlanta, GA, Minor damage. Blinded by taxi lights of large jet pilot taxied off edge of pavement. Prop struck ground.
- [Accident 19780124003009A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780124003009A), Jan 24, 1978: Cessna 172M (N9391H), Substantial damage. No narrative

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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