# Incident 20230920013779I: Cessna 172S, Boca Raton, FL, September 20, 2023

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 20, 2023, 09:53 local time
- Place: Boca Raton, FL
- Airport: Boca Raton
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Taxi
- Operating rules: Pilot school (Part 141)
- Operator: LY6S
- Location: 26.3785° N, 80.1077° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at BOCA RATON (BCT), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=26.3785&lon=-80.1077&mi=10
- Aircraft: N105LU, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N105LU) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172S (registry code 2072439, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172s) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming IO-360-L2A (registry code 41597, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-io-360-l2a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172S
- Reported engine: LYCOMING IO-360-L2A
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, flight instructor, private pilot, student
- Pilot flight hours: 440 total, 198 in this make and model, 152 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20230920013779I

## Narrative

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

GATHERED PHOTOS, VIDEO AND AUDIO FROM AIRPORT MANAGEMENT AT BCT AIRPORT, AS WELL AS TOWER CONTROLLER. ADDITIONAL PHOTOS WERE SUBMITTED BY CHIEF FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR. UPON REVIEW OF AUDIO, AND VIDEO, ON THE FACE OF THE EVIDENCE, (VIDEO, AUDIO) IT APPEARS THAT THE INCIDENT OCCURRED IN TIGHT QUARTERS ( TAXIWAY, RUNUP AREA & THE TURN FOR RUNWAY IN USE). DISCUSSED PREVENTIVE PLAN WITH FLIGHT SCHOOL. CHIEF CFI. INSPECTOR WILL PRESENT A JET BLAST AVOIDANCE AIRMANSHIP TALK TO CFI'S ON 10-01-2023 AND DISCUSS THE RCA. RCA IS A BLEND OF SMALL AIRCRAFT APPROACHING REAR QUARTER OF HEAVY JET CLOSELY AND TURNING IN A POSITION TO BE IMPACTED BROADSIDE BY JET BLAST UPON JET'S DEPARTURE CLEARANCE. TAXIWAY/RUNUP AREA CLOSE QUARTERS AND DUE CAUTION MUST BE MAINTAINED. JUDGMENT FOR SAFE PASSAGE TO RUNUP AREA IS A CONTRIBUTING FACTOR. ATTEMPTED TO REACH OPERATOR OF GLOBAL JET TO DISCUSS POSSIBLE PREVENTIVE MEASURE WITH AIRCRAFT PILOTS BASED IN BOCA RATON WITH HIGH VOLUME OF FLIGHT TRAINING IN LIGHT AIRCRAFT. THE OPERATOR OF THE LARGE AIRCRAFT HAS NOT RETURNED THE CALL. ALL VIDEO, AUDIO PHOTOS AND INCIDENT REPORT HAVE BEEN STORED ON THE FSDO19 "O" DRIVE FOR REFERENCE. NASA FORM WAS FILED BY CFI OPERATING CESSNA 172. AIRCRAFT WAS INSPECTED BY MAINTENANCE TEAM AND DEEMED AN INCIDENT WITH NO FIREWALL DAMAGE, NO INJURIES.

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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