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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Cessna 172C · Wilmington, DE · February 15, 1991

Date: February 15, 1991 · 14:00 local
Place: Wilmington, DE
Airport: Greater Wilmington-New Castle
Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N1536Y
Reported as: Cessna 172C
People aboard: 1
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 300 total300 in this make and model12 in the last 90 days

N1536YRegistered now · Cessna 172CS/N 17249236 · Built 1962 Airframe modelCessna 172C Engine modelContinental 0-300 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.

While taxiing behind a hovering CH47 the down draft forced aircraft over on its left wing tip. Was warned by ATC.

As the FAA filed it

WHILE TAXIING BEHIND A HOVERING CH47 THE DOWN DRAFT FORCED AIRCRAFT OVER ON ITS LEFT WING TIP. WAS WARNED BY ATC.