# Accident 20160820022919A: Cessna 172R, Anchorage, AK, August 20, 2016

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 20, 2016, 13:30 local time
- Place: Anchorage, AK
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Taxi
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Operator: IE8S
- Location: 61.2508° N, 149.8094° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=61.2508&lon=-149.8094&mi=10
- Aircraft: N35408, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N35408) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172R (registry code 2072401, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172r) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172R
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 10,000 total, 3,000 in this make and model, 250 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB GAA16CA442](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA16CA442) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20160820022919A

## Narrative

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

ELMENDORF AFB AKA(JBER) PAED:  N35408, A CESSNA CE-172, LANDED WITHOUT INCIDENT AT 1330 AKDT, ANCHORAGE, AK, ON 8/20/2016. N35408 TAXIED BEHIND A MILITARY C-130 AIRCRAFT UNDERGOING MAINTENANCE, AND PERFORMING AN ENGINE RUN.  WHEN N35408 ENTERED THE PROP BLAST FROM THE C-130, IT SPUN THE CE-172 AROUND TO THE RIGHT AND DAMAGED THE WINGTIP, PROPELLER, AND LANDING GEAR.  AT NO TIME DID THE TWO AIRCRAFT COME IN CONTACT WITH EACH OTHER.  THE CE172 IS OWNED BY THE U.S. AIR FORCE, AND OPERATED BY THE ELMENDORF AERO CLUB.  IT WAS BEING OPERATED BY TWO OFF-DUTY MILITARY PERSONNEL ON A PART 91 TRAINING FLIGHT AT THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT WITH NO INJURIES REPORTED.

## 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 GAA16CA442](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA16CA442), Aug 20, 2016: Cessna 172 (N35408), Anchorage, AK, substantial damage. Probable cause: The facility's designation of the taxiway for use by maintenance personnel to conduct high thrust tests without appropriate safeguards in place, which led to maintenance personnel conducting…

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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