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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Cessna 120 · Grand Rapids, MN · February 26, 1987

Date
February 26, 1987 · 13:20 local
Place
Grand Rapids, MN
Airport
Itasca Co
Phase of flight
Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N1745N
Reported as
Cessna 120
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
135 total40 in this make and model15 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.

Directional control lost while taxiing with a strong gusting tailwind. Aircraft contacted a snow ridge, nosed over

As the FAA filed it

DIRECTIONAL CONTROL LOST WHILE TAXIING WITH A STRONG GUSTING TAILWIND. AIRCRAFT CONTACTED A SNOW RIDGE, NOSED OVER