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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Cessna 172N · Tangier Island, VA · December 17, 1979

Date: December 17, 1979 · 06:00 local
Place: Tangier Island, VA
Airport: Municipal
Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N1615E
Reported as: Cessna 172N
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 1,150 total231 in this make and model0 in the last 90 days

N1615ERegistered now · Cessna 172NS/N 17271067 · Built 1978 Airframe modelCessna 172N Engine modelLycoming 0-320 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 taxiing in strong gusty winds, aircraft blown up on nose, wing tip in turn. Airplane then blew over on back.

As the FAA filed it

WHILE TAXIING IN STRONG GUSTY WINDS, AIRCRAFT BLOWN UP ON NOSE, WING TIP IN TURN. AIRPLANE THEN BLEW OVER ON BACK.