# Incident 19821024064059I: Cessna 172, Norfolk, VA, October 24, 1982

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 24, 1982, 15:40 local time
- Place: Norfolk, VA
- Airport: Norfolk
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 36.8956° N, 76.1989° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at NORFOLK INTL (ORF), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.8956&lon=-76.1989&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3788L, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N3788L) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172G (registry code 2072420, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172g) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental 0-300 series (registry code 17022, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-0-300-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172
- Reported engine: CONT O300D
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,600 total, 500 in this make and model, 20 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19821024064059I

## Narrative

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

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

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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