# Accident 19801123078629A: Cessna 172K, Inyokern, CA, November 23, 1980

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 23, 1980, 20:00 local time
- Place: Inyokern, CA
- Airport: Inyokern
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 35.6587° N, 117.8295° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at INYOKERN (IYK), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.6587&lon=-117.8295&mi=10
- Aircraft: N78595, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N78595-1983-02-23) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172K (registry code 2072430, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172k) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172K
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 554 total, 311 in this make and model, 22 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX81DUQ03](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX81DUQ03) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19801123078629A

## Narrative

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

BLOWN OVER BY STRONG GUSTY SURFACE WIND WHEN AIRPLANE TURNED TO TAXI BACK ON RUNWAY.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB LAX81DUQ03](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX81DUQ03), Nov 23, 1980: Cessna 172K (N78595), Inyokern, CA, substantial damage

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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