20241113019419I

Incident · Substantial damage

FAA incident report · Cessna 172R · Englewood, CO · November 13, 2024

Date
November 13, 2024 · 07:35 local
Place
Englewood, CO
Airport
Centennial
Phase of flight
Taxi
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N360ES
Reported as
Cessna 172R
People aboard
0
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Maintenance personnel were taxiing aircraft to hangar for maintenance. After passing the last business on the north side of the ramp, the left steering link on the nose wheel broke. This caused the aircraft to spin to the right and fall into a ditch and hit a fence 4 feet below ramp surface.

As the FAA filed it

MAINTENANCE PERSONNEL WERE TAXIING AIRCRAFT TO HANGAR FOR MAINTENANCE. AFTER PASSING THE LAST BUSINESS ON THE NORTH SIDE OF THE RAMP, THE LEFT STEERING LINK ON THE NOSE WHEEL BROKE. THIS CAUSED THE AIRCRAFT TO SPIN TO THE RIGHT AND FALL INTO A DITCH AND HIT A FENCE 4 FEET BELOW RAMP SURFACE.