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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Cessna 172G · Groton, CT · April 10, 1981

Date
April 10, 1981 · 17:25 local
Place
Groton, CT
Phase of flight
Other Ground Ops
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N3876L
Reported as
Cessna 172G
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
160 total160 in this make and model20 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.

Holding for takeoff behind another aircraft. Blown over by prop blast and gusty wind.

As the FAA filed it

HOLDING FOR TAKEOFF BEHIND ANOTHER AIRCRAFT. BLOWN OVER BY PROP BLAST AND GUSTY WIND.