# Accident 19870112051869A: Cessna 172K, Lanai City, HI, January 12, 1987

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 12, 1987, 10:30 local time
- Place: Lanai City, HI
- Airport: Lanai
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 20.7856° N, 156.9514° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at LANAI (LNY), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=20.7856&lon=-156.9514&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7459G, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N7459G-2010-10-07) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172K (registry code 2072430, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172k) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172K
- Reported engine: LYC O320E2D
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 263 total, 263 in this make and model, 28 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19870112051869A

## Narrative

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

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

## NTSB investigation

None matched to this report by aircraft and date. Search the NTSB's own records: https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/basic-search

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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