ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 291226
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| Date: | Saturday 20 August 2016 |
| Time: | 12:00 LT |
| Type: |  Cessna 172 |
| Owner/operator: | |
| Registration: | N35408 |
| MSN: | 17281081 |
| Year of manufacture: | 2001 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 5047 hours |
| Engine model: | Lycoming IO-360-L2A |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Anchorage, Alaska -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Taxi |
| Nature: | Training |
| Departure airport: | Anchorage-Elmendorf AFB, AK (EDF/PAED) |
| Anchorage-Elmendorf AFB, AK (EDF/PAED) | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
The flight instructor of a light single-engine airplane reported that while he and the student pilot were on a taxiway under air traffic control (ATC) instruction, the airplane encountered prop wash, originating from a larger (four engine) turbine-powered airplane performing a maintenance engine(s) run-up. The maintenance run-up was performed in a location adjacent to the active taxiway that was authorized for parking as well as 80% engine(s) power run-ups. The larger turbine-powered airplane was the third in a row a five, of like model airplanes being parked at the location. The light single-engine airplane was not on frequency when the larger turbine-powered airplane was given the clearance, and was not told by ATC at any time during their taxi of the larger turbine-powered airplane's intentions. Subsequently, the light single-engine airplane was blown approximately 80 feet from its original location while taxing behind the larger turbine-powered airplane, which resulted in substantial damage to the firewall.
The flight instructor reported that there were no pre impact mechanical failures or malfunctions with the airframe or engine that would have precluded normal operation.
As a safety recommendation the flight instructor stated that the incident could have been prevented with better communications between the tower controllers and the larger turbine-powered airplane's ground personnel.
Probable Cause: The facility's designation of the taxiway for use by maintenance personnel to conduct high thrust tests without appropriate safeguards in place, which led to maintenance personnel conducting high-power, run-up thrust procedures across the active taxiway and resulted in the loss of directional control of a light, single-engine airplane on the taxiway when it encountered a sudden, unexpected blast of engine thrust.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB GAA16CA442
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 18 September 2021 | N35408 | 0 | Birchwood, Alaska | |
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| Heavy landing | ||||||
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Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
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| 07-Oct-2022 11:18 | ASN Update Bot | Added |
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