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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Cessna 172K · Endee, NM · March 30, 1988

Date: March 30, 1988 · 15:54 local
Place: Endee, NM
Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N6MB
Reported as: Cessna 172K
People aboard: 1
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 1,150 total800 in this make and model70 in the last 90 days

N6MBRegistered now · Cessna 172KS/N 17257279 · Built 1968 Airframe modelCessna 172K Engine modelLycoming 0-320 seriesReciprocating

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.

Ran a tank dry and landed on a road,switched tanks and began back taxi. Wind gust raised right wing. Hit wing tip.

As the FAA filed it

RAN A TANK DRY AND LANDED ON A ROAD,SWITCHED TANKS AND BEGAN BACK TAXI. WIND GUST RAISED RIGHT WING. HIT WING TIP.