# Incident 19960320008379I: Cessna 172G, Palm Springs, CA, March 20, 1996

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 20, 1996, 15:18 local time
- Place: Palm Springs, CA
- Airport: Palm Springs Regional Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Idling Engines
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.8297° N, 116.5067° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at PALM SPRINGS INTL (PSP), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.8297&lon=-116.5067&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4230L (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172G
- Reported engine: CONT O300D
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 120 total, 110 in this make and model, 6 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19960320008379I

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

NARRATIVE: ON MARCH 22, 1996, AT 2318Z A CESSNA 172G, N4230L, OPERATED BY DANIEL J TALLARITA, WAS ON THE RAMP AT PALM SPRINGS REGIONAL AIRPORT SITTING 60 DEGREES INTO THE WIND WAITING FOR CLEARANCE TO TAKE-OFF. THE AIRCRAFT WAS PICKED UP BY THE RIGHT WING FROM A GUST OF WIND WHICH RESULTED IN MINOR DAMAGE TO THE LEFT WING TIP AND BOTH PROPELLER BLADES. THIS INCIDENT IS NOW CLOSED.

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft 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. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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