19870112051869A

Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Cessna 172K · Lanai City, HI · January 12, 1987

Date
January 12, 1987 · 10:30 local
Place
Lanai City, HI
Airport
Lanai
Phase of flight
Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N7459G
Reported as
Cessna 172K
Reported engine
Lycoming O320E2D
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
263 total263 in this make and model28 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.

The aircraft nosed over while back taxiing for takeoff. Gusting winds overturned the plane.

As the FAA filed it

THE AIRCRAFT NOSED OVER WHILE BACK TAXIING FOR TAKEOFF. GUSTING WINDS OVERTURNED THE PLANE.