# Incident 20231002015769I: Cessna 172N, Van Nuys, CA, October 2, 2023

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 2, 2023, 12:10 local time
- Place: Van Nuys, CA
- Airport: Van Nuys
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Run-Up Area
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 34.2098° N, 118.4900° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at VAN NUYS (VNY), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.2098&lon=-118.4900&mi=10
- Aircraft: N245FR, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N245FR) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172N (registry code 2072434, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172n) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172N
- Reported engine: LYCOMING 0-320 SERIES
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot, student
- Pilot flight hours: 142 total, 104 in this make and model, 58 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20231002015769I

## Narrative

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

ON OCTOBER 2, 2023 AT APPROXIMATELY 1210 LOCAL, PRIVATE PILOT TAXIED A CESSNA 172 FOLLOWING A CIRRUS SR20 TOWARDS THE CHARLIE RUNUP AREA AT VAN NUYS AIRPORT (VNY), VAN NUYS, CA.  A BOMBARDIER GLOBAL EXPRESS WAS HOLDING SHORT OF RWY 16R.  THE CIRRUS SR20 SUCCESSFULLY TAXIED BEHIND THE BOMBARDIER TO THE RUNUP AREA.  PRIVATE PILOT OF CESSNA 172 WENT TO FOLLOW.  IT WAS AT THIS TIME THE BOMARDIER ADVANCED THEIR THROTTLES WITH THE CESSNA 172 BEHIND.  THE CESSNA’S RIGHT WING TIP WAS BLOWN UPWARD WHILE THE LEFT WING TIP AND PROPELLOR WERE PUSHED INTO THE GROUND.

MINOR DAMAGE TO LEFT WING TIP (SPAR IS INTACT) AND BOTH PROPELLOR TIPS SUSTAINED.

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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