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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Cessna 172M · Bellingham, WA · May 21, 1993

Date: May 21, 1993 · 15:00 local
Place: Bellingham, WA
Airport: Bellingham International
Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N64160
Reported as: Cessna 172M
People aboard: 3
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 200 total180 in this make and model10 in the last 90 days

N64160Registered now · Cessna 172MS/N 17265054 · Built 1975 Airframe modelCessna 172M 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.

Aircraft caught a gust of wind on rollout. Aircraft ground looped. Front gear broke, right wing tip damaged.

As the FAA filed it

AIRCRAFT CAUGHT A GUST OF WIND ON ROLLOUT. AIRCRAFT GROUND LOOPED. FRONT GEAR BROKE, RIGHT WING TIP DAMAGED.