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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Cessna 172K · Las Cruces, NM · March 28, 1991

Date: March 28, 1991 · 09:45 local
Place: Las Cruces, NM
Airport: Las Cruces International Airport
Phase of flight: Idling Engines
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N7409G
Reported as: Cessna 172K
People aboard: 1
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 1,400 total1,200 in this make and model20 in the last 90 days

N7409GRegistered now · Cessna 172KS/N 17259109 · Built 1970 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.

While idling engine before departure a gust lifted aircraft. Left wing and propeller struck ground.

As the FAA filed it

WHILE IDLING ENGINE BEFORE DEPARTURE A GUST LIFTED AIRCRAFT. LEFT WING AND PROPELLER STRUCK GROUND.