# Incident 20221221018689I: Cessna 172M, Portsmouth, NH, December 21, 2022

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 21, 2022, 15:26 local time
- Place: Portsmouth, NH
- Airport: Portsmouth International Airpo
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Taxi
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 43.0779° N, 70.8233° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at PORTSMOUTH INTL AT PEASE (PSM), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=43.0779&lon=-70.8233&mi=10
- Aircraft: N1459V, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N1459V) (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 0-360 SERIES
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 66 total, 31 in this make and model, 5 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20221221018689I

## Narrative

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

ON DECEMBER 21, 2022, THE PILOT OF ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ WAS TAXIING A RENTAL CESSNA 172 AIRCRAFT FOR TAKE OFF AT THE PORTSMOUTH NEW HAMPSHIRE KPSM AIRPORT.  WHILE TAXIING TO THE RUNWAY FOR DEPARTURE, THE PILOT WAS FOLLOWING A KC46 AIRCRAFT TOO CLOSELY THAT STOPPED TO HOLD SHORT OF THE RUNWAY FOR DEPARTURE.  UPPON CLEARANCE FOR TAKE OFF, THE KC46 ADDED POWER TO START ITS TAXI ROLL ONTO THE RUNWAY.  THE CESSNA ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ HOLDING BEHIND THE KC46 WAS BLASTED BY THE ENGINES POWER.  THIS CAUSED THE CESSNA'S TAIL AND RIGHT MAIN GEAR TO COME UP, FORCING THE NOSE DOWN STRIKING THE PROPELLER WITH THE PAVEMENT.  THE LEFT WINGTIP ALSO CAME IN CONTACT WITH THE GROUND, CAUSING SLIGHT WINGTIP DAMAGE.   THE AIRCRAFT THEN SETTLED BACK DOWN NORMALLY WITH NO FURTHER DAMAGE.

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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