19731219039739A

Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Cessna 172L · La Grande, OR · December 19, 1973

Date
December 19, 1973
Place
La Grande, OR
Airport
La Grande
Phase of flight
Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N7251Q
NTSB investigation
NTSBSEA74DYC29
Reported as
Cessna 172L
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
1,015 total44 in this make and model117 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.

Inadaquate wind anemometer due location.UNICOM said gusting to 40K. Gusts nearer 60K.

As the FAA filed it

INADAQUATE WIND ANEMOMETER DUE LOCATION.UNICOM SAID GUSTING TO 40K. GUSTS NEARER 60K.

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.