# Incident 19810401024579I: Cessna 172P, Vandalia, OH, April 1, 1981

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 1, 1981, 17:38 local time
- Place: Vandalia, OH
- Airport: James M Cox Dayto
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 39.8790° N, 84.1922° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Vandalia, OH, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.8790&lon=-84.1922&mi=10
- Aircraft: N52106, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N52106) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172P (registry code 2072436, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172p) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172P
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 6,500 total, 150 in this make and model, 50 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19810401024579I

## Narrative

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

DURING TAXI WIND GUST CAUSED TIP UP ON LEFT WING TIP.

## Other reports on N52106 (1)

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

- [Incident 19910522026759I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19910522026759I), May 22, 1991: Cessna 172P (N52106), Hartford, CT, Minor damage. Student approached high and fast. Pushed over to lose altitude. Prop hit runway and nose tire blew out.

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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