19891226062639I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Cessna 172K · Windsor Locks, CT · December 26, 1989

Date
December 26, 1989 · 17:20 local
Place
Windsor Locks, CT
Airport
Bradley International
Phase of flight
Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N78681
Reported as
Cessna 172K
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
19,800 total500 in this make and model30 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.

Gust lifted right wing while taxiing. Left wing tip and propeller struck ground.

As the FAA filed it

GUST LIFTED RIGHT WING WHILE TAXIING. LEFT WING TIP AND PROPELLER STRUCK GROUND.