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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Cessna 172M · Naples, FL · February 5, 2025

Date
February 5, 2025 · 13:00 local
Place
Naples, FL
Airport
Naples Municipal Airport
Phase of flight
Taxi
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N914Z
Reported as
Cessna 172M
Reported engine
Lycoming 0-320 series
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Commercial pilot
Pilot’s flight hours
1,804 total1,458 in this make and model216 in the last 90 days

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.

Part 65/91 operation Cessna 172M with one pilot and no passengers. Pilot of aircraft experienced jet blast while taxiing behind a departing Cessna citation C560 as he was leaving the run-up area which resulted in the right aircraft wing lifting up, and left wing and nose of the aircraft to drop down, damaging the left wing tip and the propeller.

As the FAA filed it

PART 65/91 OPERATION CESSNA 172M WITH ONE PILOT AND NO PASSENGERS. PILOT OF AIRCRAFT EXPERIENCED JET BLAST WHILE TAXIING BEHIND A DEPARTING CESSNA CITATION C560 AS HE WAS LEAVING THE RUN-UP AREA WHICH RESULTED IN THE RIGHT AIRCRAFT WING LIFTING UP, AND LEFT WING AND NOSE OF THE AIRCRAFT TO DROP DOWN, DAMAGING THE LEFT WING TIP AND THE PROPELLER.