ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 294955
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| Date: | Sunday 30 November 2003 |
| Time: | 12:41 LT |
| Type: |  Cessna 172R |
| Owner/operator: | Aero-tech, Inc |
| Registration: | N9968F |
| MSN: | 17280208 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1997 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 2488 hours |
| Engine model: | Lycoming IO-360-LA |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Lexington, Kentucky -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Unknown |
| Nature: | Training |
| Departure airport: | Lexington-Blue Grass Airport, KY (LEX/KLEX) |
| Lexington-Blue Grass Airport, KY (LEX/KLEX) | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
The ground controller cleared regional jet mechanics to perform a static engine run at the gate, and advised that she would "take the Cessna up to a different intersection." She also cautioned another crew about the run-up; however, she did not mention the runup in her position relief briefing. The pilot of the accident airplane subsequently requested clearance to taxi, and the new ground controller granted the clearance without providing information about the regional jet's engine run-up. When the accident airplane passed about 300 feet behind the regional jet, it was blown sideways, struck its left wing on the ground, tipped onto its nose, and pivoted 180 degrees. The airplane continued to be buffeted until the mechanics were advised to cease the engine run-up. Federal Aviation Administration Order 7110.65P included a standard operating procedure about transferring position responsibility, which stated, "the specialist being relieved shall be responsible for ensuring that any pertinent status information of which he/she is aware is relayed to the relieving specialist..."
Probable Cause: The ground controller's failure to advise the relieving controller information regarding an engine run-up, which subsequently resulted in the flight instructor's inadvertent encounter with jet blast during ground taxi.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB IAD04LA003
History of this aircraft
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| 25 August 2022 | N9968F | Buiqui Aerospace Corp. | 0 | Kissimmee Gateway Airport, FL (ISM/KISM) | |
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| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
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| 12-Oct-2022 16:15 | ASN Update Bot | Added |
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