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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Cessna 172H · Las Vegas, NV · July 10, 1997

Date: July 10, 1997 · 14:15 local
Place: Las Vegas, NV
Airport: Henderson Sky Harbor Airport
Phase of flight: Idling Engines
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N122PW
Reported as: Cessna 172H
People aboard: 1
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 218 total170 in this make and model70 in the last 90 days

N122PWRegistered now · Cessna 172HS/N 17255433 · Built 1966 Airframe modelCessna 172H Engine modelContinental 0-300 seriesReciprocating

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What happened

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

On 7/10/97 at 14:15 local, pilot was instructed to taxi into position and hold for take off on runway 18. Upon doing so he noticed the wind blowing the dust at the opposite end of the runway to the west. The tower told him to continue to hold, that there was a dust devil transiting the airport. The tower advised full brakes. He confirmed he was applying full brake pressure. The dust devil tracked towards the runway and then straight down it towards his holding aircraft. The dust devil rocked, then lifted the plane, set it down and then abruptly lifted the tail causing the left tip and propeller to strike the ground.

As the FAA filed it

ON 7/10/97 AT 14:15 LOCAL, PILOT WAS INSTRUCTED TO TAXI INTO POSITION AND HOLD FOR TAKE OFF ON RUNWAY 18. UPON DOING SO HE NOTICED THE WIND BLOWING THE DUST AT THE OPPOSITE END OF THE RUNWAY TO THE WEST. THE TOWER TOLD HIM TO CONTINUE TO HOLD, THAT THERE WAS A DUST DEVIL TRANSITING THE AIRPORT. THE TOWER ADVISED FULL BRAKES. HE CONFIRMED HE WAS APPLYING FULL BRAKE PRESSURE. THE DUST DEVIL TRACKED TOWARDS THE RUNWAY AND THEN STRAIGHT DOWN IT TOWARDS HIS HOLDING AIRCRAFT. THE DUST DEVIL ROCKED, THEN LIFTED THE PLANE, SET IT DOWN AND THEN ABRUPTLY LIFTED THE TAIL CAUSING THE LEFT TIP AND PROPELLER TO STRIKE THE GROUND.

Other reports on N122PW · 1

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

Incident 20200712004739ILanding: Touchdown · Kalamazoo, MIOn July 12, 2020 at 09:26 eastern daylight time (EDT), a Cessna 172 aircraft, N122PW, registered to [privacy data omitted] and operated by a student pilot for a personal flight received minor damage when it porpoised during landing. Visual meteorological…Jul 12, 2020 · Minor damage