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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Cessna 180 · Nunavershak Bay, AK · May 14, 1979

Date: May 14, 1979 · 09:00 local
Place: Nunavershak Bay, AK
Phase of flight: Other Ground Ops
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N1626C
Reported as: Cessna 180
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 2,500 total1,000 in this make and model0 in the last 90 days

N1626CRegistered now · Cessna 180S/N 30326 · Built 1953 Airframe modelCessna 180 Engine modelContinental O-470 seriesReciprocating

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.

While doing runup in tie down spot gust of wind under tail caused plane to invert.

As the FAA filed it

WHILE DOING RUNUP IN TIE DOWN SPOT GUST OF WIND UNDER TAIL CAUSED PLANE TO INVERT.

Other reports on N1626C · 1

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

Accident 19740529020339ATo Aborted (Fixed Wing) · Crestd Butte, COWet rwy had 2600FT usable. Rough from wet spots. Density alt 10900FT,tkof atmtd upslope.May 29, 1974 · Substantial damage