# Incident 19970930034039I: Cessna 172L, Maple Lake, MN, September 30, 1997

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 30, 1997, 13:40 local time
- Place: Maple Lake, MN
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 45.2326° N, 94.0095° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Maple Lake, MN, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=45.2326&lon=-94.0095&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9817G, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N9817G) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172L (registry code 2072432, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172l) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Franklin 6A-350SER (registry code 27023, https://openairdocs.org/engine/franklin-6a-350ser) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172L
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 25,000 total, 151 in this make and model, 12 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19970930034039I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: PILOT TAXIED OUT FOR TAKE OFF, THEN DECIDED NOT TO FLY. WHEN HE TAXIED BACK TO SHORE, WHILE ATTEMPTING TO TURN THE AIRCRAFT, THE WIND PICKED THE AIRCRAFT UP AND TURNED IT OVER, (INVERTED), NO INJURIES, MINOR DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT. PILOT MADE QUESTIONABLE DECISION TO CONDUCT OPERATION IN GUSTY WINDS. PILOT'S TECHNIQUE DURING TAXI ALLOWED THE WIND TO UPSET THE AIRCRAFT.

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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