# Incident 19790517026979I: Cessna 172N, Mcpherson, KS, May 17, 1979

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 17, 1979, 14:00 local time
- Place: Mcpherson, KS
- Airport: Municipal
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 38.3699° N, 97.6645° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of McPherson, KS, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.3699&lon=-97.6645&mi=10
- Aircraft: N737JP, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N737JP-2014-11-17) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172N (registry code 2072434, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172n) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172N
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 200 total, 150 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790517026979I

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

AIRCRAFT STRUCK BY PEAK GUST OF WIND WHILE TAXIING.

## Other reports on N737JP (2)

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

- [Accident 19990808011139A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19990808011139A), Aug 8, 1999: Cessna 172N (N737JP), Hot Springs, AR, Substantial damage. Rough engine, acft hit power line and ground looped on landing. (-23)on August 8, 1999, at 1524 central daylight time, a Cessna 172N airplane, N737JP, was…
- [Incident 19810424026179I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19810424026179I), Apr 24, 1981: Cessna 172N (N737JP), Dallas, TX, Minor damage. During roll out aircraft veered to right striking wind sock.

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft 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. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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