19821024064059I

Incident · Substantial damage

FAA incident report · Cessna 172 · Norfolk, VA · October 24, 1982

Date
October 24, 1982 · 15:40 local
Place
Norfolk, VA
Airport
Norfolk
Phase of flight
Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N3788L
Reported as
Cessna 172
Reported engine
Continental O300D
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
1,600 total500 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.

Gust of wind flipped aircraft on its back while taxiing for takeoff. Wind exceeded aircraft capabilities.

As the FAA filed it

GUST OF WIND FLIPPED AIRCRAFT ON ITS BACK WHILE TAXIING FOR TAKEOFF. WIND EXCEEDED AIRCRAFT CAPABILITIES.