# Incident 19960420012549I: Cessna 172K, Detroit, MI, April 20, 1996

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 20, 1996, 19:35 local time
- Place: Detroit, MI
- Airport: Willow Run
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 42.2403° N, 83.5315° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at WILLOW RUN (YIP), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.2403&lon=-83.5315&mi=10
- Aircraft: N46460, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N46460) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172K (registry code 2072430, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172k) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172K
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 325 total, 250 in this make and model, 40 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19960420012549I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: PILOT WITH ONE PASSENGER, LANDED ON RWY 23L AT YIP AND WAS TAXIING TO THE RAMP WHEN RIGHT WING PICKED UP CAUSING MINOR DAMAGE TO THE LEFT WING TIP AND PROPELLER TIPS, AIRCRAFT WAS TAXIING SOUTH WITH WIND REPORTED 220 AT 20 G 30 KNOTS, THERE WERE NO INJURIES.

## Other reports on N46460 (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Accident 19930225004919A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19930225004919A), Feb 25, 1993: Cessna 172K (N46460), Jackson, MI, Substantial damage. Weather vaned into crosswind landing on icy runway. Slid into snowbank.

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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