# Accident 20210803013439A: Cessna 172F, Tucson, AZ, August 3, 2021

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 3, 2021, 08:00 local time
- Place: Tucson, AZ
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Taxi
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 32.1253° N, 110.9467° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.1253&lon=-110.9467&mi=10
- Aircraft: N53350, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N53350) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172F (registry code 2072414, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172f) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental 0-200 series (registry code 17020, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-0-200-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172F
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR 0-200 SERIES
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport
- Pilot flight hours: 20,000 total
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB WPR21LA322](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR21LA322) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20210803013439A

## Narrative

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

ACCIDENT CAUSED BY JET BLAST. THESE ARE THE INSTRUCTOR PILOT AND STUDENT PILOT STATEMENTS. SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT. RIGHT WING SPAR BENT NEAR THE TIP, SUSPECT DAMAGE IN THE WING CARRY THROUGH AREA, PROP STRIKE SUSPECT BENT  CRANKSHAFT.

INSTRUCTOR PILOT STATEMENT:

WHILE CONDUCTING PRIMARY FLIGHT TRAINING IN N53350  WE WERE INSTRUCTED TO TAXI FROM A11 VIA A TO D TAXIWAY TO TUCSON JET CENTER. WHILE PRECEDING DOWN ALPHA TAXIWAY I REQUESTED AND WAS GRANTED A RIGHT TURN TO THE INNER RAMP TO AVOID JET BLAST FROM ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^. AFTER CLEARING HIS BLAST AREA AND REJOINING TAXIWAY A THE PILOT OF THE 737 POWERED UP TO TAKE RUNWAY 11L . AS HE TURNED THE CORNER HE KEPT A VERY HIGH LEVEL OF THRUST AND BLEW US ON THE NOSE AND RIGHT WINGTIP STRIKING THE PROPELLER AND DAMAGING THE RIGHT WING.

I RADIOED GROUND AND INFORMED THEM OF THE PROBLEM AND REQUESTED ASSISTANCE.

^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^

STUDENT PILOT STATEMENT:

ON  8/3 AT APPROXIMATELY 710AM, I WAS FINISHING A FLIGHT LESSON IN N53350. WE WERE OFF THE RUNWAY AND WERE ON THE GROUND FREQUENCY AND WERE TOLD BEFORE TAXIING ONTO A TO WAIT FOR THE ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ PLANE THAT WAS APPROACHING US FROM THE RIGHT. UPON WAITING FOR IT TO PASS, WE FOLLOWED THE ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ PLANE TO CONTINUE OUR APPROVED TAXI PATTERN BACK TO TUCSON JET CENTER FROM A TO D. WE NOTICED THE ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ PLANE WAS SLOWING TO TURN ONTO A3. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ RADIOED THE GROUND AND REQUESTED APPROVAL TO TAXI WIDE DUE TO THE ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ PLANE SO CLOSE TO OUR TAXIWAY. HE WENT AS WIDE AS POSSIBLE WHILE STILL STAYING ON THE TAXIWAY AND UPON PASSING THE ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ PLANE, HE NOTICED THE ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ PLANE INCREASING THE POWER. WE HAD PASSED BEHIND THE PLANE AND WE?RE ABOUT 45 DEGREES FROM THE VERY END OF THE AIRPLANE BUT THE POWER THAT WAS BLASTED GOT UNDER OUR LEFT WING AND TIPPED OUR AIRPLANE OVER TOUCHING THE RIGHT WING TO THE GROUND BEFORE SETTLING BACK DOWN AND BENDING THE PROPELLER IN THE PROCESS. THE JET BLAST FROM THE ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ AIRPLANE WAS MUCH MORE THAN WHAT IS NORMAL AT THAT POSITION AND SEEMED EXCESSIVE AND UNNECESSARY. WE RADIOED GROUND THAT WE NEEDED ASSISTANCE AND TUCSON AIRPORT OPERATIONS WAS AT OUR LOCATION WITHIN 5 MINUTES. NO ONE WAS HURT.

## 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 WPR21LA322](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR21LA322), Aug 3, 2021: Cessna 172F (N53350), Tucson, AZ, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to maintain a safe taxi distance from a large turbine-powered airplane, resulting in an encounter of the turbine-powered airplane's jet blast while taxiing.

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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