19810317010429A

Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Cessna 172 · Houston, TX · March 17, 1981

Date
March 17, 1981 · 17:05 local
Place
Houston, TX
Airport
Houston Gulf
Phase of flight
Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N61573
NTSB investigation
NTSBFTW81DRA20
Reported as
Cessna 172
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
565 total129 in this make and model43 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.

Instructor allowed airplane to leave taxiway while student was operating aircraft. Nosed over, gusty tailwind.

As the FAA filed it

INSTRUCTOR ALLOWED AIRPLANE TO LEAVE TAXIWAY WHILE STUDENT WAS OPERATING AIRCRAFT. NOSED OVER, GUSTY TAILWIND.

NTSB investigation

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