# Incident 19971211040649I: Cessna 182G, Chino, CA, December 11, 1997

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 11, 1997, 07:15 local time
- Place: Chino, CA
- Airport: Chino Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.9748° N, 117.6365° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at CHINO (CNO), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.9748&lon=-117.6365&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3709U, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N3709U) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 182G (registry code 2072716, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-182g) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental O-470 series (registry code 17026, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-o-470-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 182G
- Reported engine: CONT O470C
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 4,200 total, 450 in this make and model, 25 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19971211040649I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: AIRCRAFT N3709U A CESSNA 182-G WAS TAXIING TO DEPART ON RUNWAY NUMBER 3 AT THE CHINO AIRPORT, AND A GUST OF WIND CAUSED THE AIRCRAFT TO TIP WHICH ALLOWED THE PROPELLER AND RIGHT WING TIP TO TOUCH THE GROUND. THERE WAS MINOR DAMAGE TO THE RIGHT WING TIP, AND SUBSTANTIAL TIP DAMAGE TO THE PROPELLER. THE AIRCRAFT RECEIVED MINOR DAMAGE AND NO INJURIES TO THE TWO OCCUPANTS. THIS INCIDENT INVESTIGATION IS NOW CLOSED.

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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