# Accident 20230523004179A: Textron Aviation Inc 172S, Wichita, KS, May 23, 2023

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 23, 2023, 13:45 local time
- Place: Wichita, KS
- Airport: Colonel James Jabara
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Run-Up Area
- Operating rules: Pilot school (Part 141)
- Operator: SHXS
- Location: 37.7560° N, 97.2214° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.7560&lon=-97.2214&mi=10
- Aircraft: N49RH, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N49RH) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Textron 172S (registry code 2072449, https://openairdocs.org/model/textron-172s) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: TEXTRON AVIATION INC 172S
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot, student
- Pilot flight hours: 105 total, 105 in this make and model, 40 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN23LA198](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN23LA198) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20230523004179A

## Narrative

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

ON MAY 23, 2023, PIC WAS TAXIING IN THE RUNUP AREA FOR TAKEOFF. PIC TAXIED BEHIND A JET WHILE THEY WERE RUNNING UP THE ENGINES. TURBULENCE FROM THE ENGINES CAUSED THE TAIL OF THE CESSNA 172 TO RISE, CAUSING THE PROPS AND THE LEFT WINGTIP TO CONTACT THE GROUND. THIS CAUSED SUBSTANSIAL DAMAGE TO THE LEFT WING.

## 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 CEN23LA198](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN23LA198), May 23, 2023: Textron 172S (N49RH), Wichita, KS, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot’s failure to maintain a safe taxi distance from a 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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