# Incident 20171220023349I: Cessna 150K, Tucson, AZ, December 20, 2017

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 20, 2017, 12:41 local time
- Place: Tucson, AZ
- Airport: Tucson International
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Taxi
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 32.1171° N, 110.9415° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at TUCSON INTL (TUS), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.1171&lon=-110.9415&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5978G, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5978G-2019-04-22) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 150K (registry code 2071822, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-150k) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 150K
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 207 total, 57 in this make and model, 13 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20171220023349I

## Narrative

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

ON 12/20/2017 AT 1207MST / 1907Z AT TUS AIRPORT, N5978G A CE-150-K WAS TRAVELING NORTHWEST BOUND ON TAXIWAY ALPHA AFTER LANDING RWY 11L.  PRIOR THERE WAS SOME CONFUSION WHEN N5978G LANDED AND TURNED OFF ONTO A7 AS INSTRUCTED HER TAIL END OF THE AIRCRAFT WAS STILL OVER THE HOLD-SHORT LINE AND PILOT WAS INSTRUCTED TO MOVE FORWARD A COUPLE OF TIMES BY ATC.  PILOT MOVED FORWARD AS INSTRUCTED TO CLEAR THE HOLD-SHORT LINE.  PILOT REQUESTED CLEARANCE TO TRAVEL TO GA HANGARS AND WAS GIVEN CLEARANCE TO PROCEED TO GA HANGARS VIA ALPHA TAXIWAY AND RIGHT TURN ON DELTA TAXIWAY.  AIRCRAFT N5978G TRAVELED UP NORTHWEST ON ALPHA TAXIWAY AND WHILE APPROACHING A4 AND NOTICED 2 LARGE AIRCRAFT TO THE LEFT AND MOVED THE AILERON CONTROL TO HELP DEFLECT THE BLAST AND PROCEEDED TO TURN RIGHT TO GET AWAY FROM THE AIRCRAFT JETBLAST BUT THE BLAST WAS GREATER THAN ANTICIPATED AND THE AIRCRAFT WAS BLOWN UP ONTO ITS RIGHT SIDE STRIKING THE RIGHT WING TIP ON THE GROUND AND STRIKING THE PROP ONTO THE GROUND IN A MATTER OF SECONDS AND THEN THE AIRCRAFT SETTLED BACK DOWN ONTO ALL MAIN LANDING GEAR.  THE PILOT SHUT THE ENGINE DOWN AND RADIOED TO THE TOWER ABOUT THE INCIDENT AND REQUESTED ASSISTANCE.  ATC DID NOT RESPOND BACK RIGHT AWAY FOR ASSISTANCE AND DOUBLE CHECKED RADIO CALL TO VERIFY PILOT ASKED FOR ASSISTANT THEN ATC PROCEEDED TO STOP TRAFFIC.  THE PILOT STATED THEY HAD TO GET OUT OF THE AIRCRAFT AND PUSH THE PLANE OUT OF THE AWAY AND GATHER PIECES ON THE GROUND BECAUSE LARGE AIRCRAFT WERE STILL TRAVELING TOWARDS THEM ON THE TAXIWAY.  PILOT IS A LOCAL PILOT AND STATED NORMALLY THEY ARE INSTRUCTED TO USE THE INNER RAMP WHEN SUCH TRAFFIC IS WAITING ON A4 TO AVOID THIS SITUATION.  THIS WAS ALSO VERIFIED BY TUS FIELD OPERATIONS WHEN ASKED ON SCENE.   NO SUCH CLEARANCE WAS GIVEN TO N5978G TO USE INNER RAMP.  CRASH CREW ARRIVED ON SCENE TO ASSIST AND AIRCRAFT WAS MOVED TO GA RAMP AREA.  AREA OF INCIDENT WAS SWEPT CLEAN BY SWEEPER AND TRAFFIC RESUMED.

## Other reports on N5978G (3)

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

- [Incident 19921118052449I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19921118052449I), Nov 18, 1992: Cessna 150K (N5978G), Romona, CA. Engine quit in flight. Forced landing. Fuel tanks empty.
- [Incident 19840917076659I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19840917076659I), Sep 17, 1984: Cessna 150K (N5978G), Cottonwood, AZ, Minor damage. Fuel exhaustion. Landed in field, nose gear collapsed.
- [Accident 19740503011429A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19740503011429A), May 3, 1974: Cessna 150K (N5978G), San Diego, CA, Substantial damage. Ip waited too long before correcting student

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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