# Incident 20221006016939I: Cessna 172R, Danbury, CT, October 6, 2022

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 6, 2022, 12:44 local time
- Place: Danbury, CT
- Airport: Danbury Municipal Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Taxi
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.3715° N, 73.4822° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at DANBURY MUNI (DXR), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.3715&lon=-73.4822&mi=10
- Aircraft: N474EP, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N474EP) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172R (registry code 2072401, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172r) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming I0360 series (registry code 41515, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-i0360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172R
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 13,000 total, 5,000 in this make and model, 30 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20221006016939I

## Narrative

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

ON OCTOBER 6, 2022, AT 1644Z/1244L, AT DANBURY KDXR AIRPORT, ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ A C172-R ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ IN DXR, PILOTED ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ HOLDER OF FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR CERTIFICATE^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^HOLDING A THIRD CLASS MEDICAL WITH A DATE OF ISSUE AS 4/13/21, EXITED THE TAXIWAY  AND STRUCK A TAXI LIGHT, CAUSING A PROP STRIKE.

FAA WAS NOTIFIED.^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^WAS HOLDING SHORT RUNWAY 26 ON CHARLIE TAXIWAY. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ WAS CLEARED FOR TAKEOFF RUNWAY 26. ON THE TURN TO RUNWAY 26 WHILE PAST THE HOLD BARS BUT NOT ON THE RUNWAY SURFACE THE AIRCRAFT RAN OFF THE TAXIWAY INTO THE GRASS. AIRPORT MANAGEMENT ON SCENE REPORTED DAMAGE TO AIRPORT LIGHTING AS WELL AS A PROP STRIKE. AIRCRAFT TAXIED UNDER HIS OWN POWER TO EXECUTIVE AIR AND AIRPORT MANAGEMENT CLOSED RUNWAY 26 AS A PRECAUTION UNTIL A FOD SWEEP COULD BE COMPLETED.

WEATHER WAS REPORTED AS 061553Z 00000KT 10SM CLR 21/10 A2998.

INTERVIEWED PILOT. PILOT STATED HE WAS TAXIING TOWARDS RWY 26 AROUND A CORNER, WHEN HE HAD FULL LEFT RUDDER MAKING A LEFT TURN, AND STATED THE AIRCRAFT MOVED STRAIGHT INSTEAD US USING HIS INPUTS. THE AIRCRAFT LEFT THE SURFACE OF THE TAXIWAY AND STRUCK A TAXI LIGHT.  THERE WAS A PROP STRIKE, HOWEVER THE AIRMAN WAS ABLE TO TAXI THE AIRCRAFT BACK TO THE MAINTENANCE SHOP, AND THE RUDDERS WORKED PERFECT DURING THAT TAXI.

SPOKE WITH MECHANIC^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^AND HE WAS ABLE TO ASSESS DAMAGE. A PROP STRIKE WHICH RESULTED IN AN ENGINE TEAR DOWN

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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