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Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Cessna 172N · Auburn, WA · March 30, 1997

Date
March 30, 1997 · 13:00 local
Place
Auburn, WA
Airport
Auburn Municipal Airport
Phase of flight
Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N5115K
NTSB investigation
NTSBSEA97LA080
Reported as
Cessna 172N
Reported engine
Lycoming O320H2AD
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
1,320 total160 in this make and model208 in the last 90 days

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What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Two CFI giving other biennial were blow over taxiing in severe surface wind. Thirty knot wind too much to taxi.

As the FAA filed it

TWO CFI GIVING OTHER BIENNIAL WERE BLOW OVER TAXIING IN SEVERE SURFACE WIND. THIRTY KNOT WIND TOO MUCH TO TAXI.

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.