# Incident 19800206020779I: Cessna 172N, Van Nuys, CA, February 6, 1980

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 6, 1980, 15:20 local time
- Place: Van Nuys, CA
- Airport: Municipal
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 34.1867° N, 118.4490° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Van Nuys, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.1867&lon=-118.4490&mi=10
- Aircraft: N737XH, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N737XH-1988-11-09) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172N (registry code 2072434, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172n) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172N
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 450 total, 125 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/19800206020779I

## Narrative

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

PILOT ENGAGED IN TAXI ONLY. GUSTY WIND LIFTED A WING, CAUSING DAMAGE TO THE WING TIP AND PROPELLER.

## Other reports on N737XH (2)

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

- [Incident 19871122073779I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19871122073779I), Nov 22, 1987: Cessna 172N (N737XH), Santa Ana, CA, Minor damage. While taxing behind a heavy jet the jet blast lifted the aircraft up causing the propeller to strike the ground.
- [Incident 19821017066399I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19821017066399I), Oct 17, 1982: Cessna 172N (N737XH), California City, CA, Minor damage. Just prior to touchdown a wind gust caused pilot to lose control of aircraft. Landed to right of runway.

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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