# NTSB Accident GAA16CA442
> **CESSNA 172** · 2016-08-20 · Anchorage, AK, USA · NONE
## Event
- **NTSB number:** GAA16CA442
- **Event ID:** 20160822X91159
- **Type:** Accident
- **Date:** 2016-08-20
- **Location:** Anchorage, AK, USA
- **Coordinates:** 61.250831, -149.809448
## Injuries
- **Highest injury:** NONE
- **Fatal:** 0
- **Serious:** 0
- **Minor:** 0
- **Uninjured:** 2
- **Total aboard:** 2
## Aircraft
- **Make:** CESSNA
- **Model:** 172
- **Registration:** N35408
- **FAR Part:** 091
- **Engines:** 1
- **Damage:** SUBS
## Conditions
- **Light:** DAYL
- **Weather:** VMC
## 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.

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