19791223034069A

Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Cessna 172 · Salinas, CA · December 23, 1979

Date
December 23, 1979 · 13:50 local
Place
Salinas, CA
Airport
Municipal
Phase of flight
Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N73138
NTSB investigation
NTSBLAX80FVM11
Reported as
Cessna 172
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
75 total75 in this make and model75 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.

Aircraft was blown over on its back by strong surface winds during taxi to ramp.

As the FAA filed it

AIRCRAFT WAS BLOWN OVER ON ITS BACK BY STRONG SURFACE WINDS DURING TAXI TO RAMP.

NTSB investigation

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