# Incident 19971024035479I: Cessna 172E, Portland, ME, October 24, 1997

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 24, 1997, 14:20 local time
- Place: Portland, ME
- Airport: Portland International Jetport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Idling Engines
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 43.6456° N, 70.3086° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at PORTLAND INTL JETPORT (PWM), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=43.6456&lon=-70.3086&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7789U, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N7789U) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172E (registry code 2072412, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172e) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental 0-300 series (registry code 17022, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-0-300-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172E
- Reported engine: CONT O300A
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 500 total, 400 in this make and model
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19971024035479I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: HOLDING ON TAXIWAY FOR R/W 29, THE AIRCRAFT WAS BLOWN ON ITS' LEFT SIDE BY WIND. THE LEFT WING TIP WAS DAMAGED AND PROPELLER HAD BOTH BLADE TIPS CURLED FORWARD - ENGINE WAS AT IDLE POWER THE FLAPS AT FIRST SETTING. PILOT'S INTENTION WAS TO STAY IN THE TRAFFIC PATTERN FOR TOUCH AND GO'S. PILOT'S LAST BIANNUAL 04/20/97. AIRCRAFT MAX GROSS WEIGHT IS 2250 LBS.

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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