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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Cessna 172C · Oklahoma City, OK · April 12, 1998

Date
April 12, 1998 · 10:00 local
Place
Oklahoma City, OK
Airport
Clarence E Page Municipal Airport
Phase of flight
Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N1496Y
Reported as
Cessna 172C
Reported engine
Continental O300D
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
365 total175 in this make and model45 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

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

Narrative: aircraft taxi to ramp, gust of wind lifted r.h. side of aircraft up causing left main gear to scuff about 40 feet while striking the propeller on the pavement and damage to the l.h. wing tip area. Airman did not use correct cross wind techniques while performing taxi of aircraft.

As the FAA filed it

NARRATIVE: AIRCRAFT TAXI TO RAMP, GUST OF WIND LIFTED R.H. SIDE OF AIRCRAFT UP CAUSING LEFT MAIN GEAR TO SCUFF ABOUT 40 FEET WHILE STRIKING THE PROPELLER ON THE PAVEMENT AND DAMAGE TO THE L.H. WING TIP AREA. AIRMAN DID NOT USE CORRECT CROSS WIND TECHNIQUES WHILE PERFORMING TAXI OF AIRCRAFT.