# Incident 19991221034679I: Cessna 172F, Las Vegas, NV, December 21, 1999

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 21, 1999, 12:05 local time
- Place: Las Vegas, NV
- Airport: North Las Vegas Air Terminal
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 36.1750° N, 115.1372° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Las Vegas, NV, within about 7 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.1750&lon=-115.1372&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8889U, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N8889U) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172F (registry code 2072414, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172f) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental 0-300 series (registry code 17022, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-0-300-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172F
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 192 total, 100 in this make and model, 16 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19991221034679I

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON TUESDAY, DECEMBER 21, 1999, AT APPROXIMATELY 12:05 PM PST, N8889U WAS TIPPED OVER ON TO THE RIGHT WING TIP AND PROPELLER AS A RESULT OF A GUST OF WIND (EST 40 KNOTS) AS PILOT TAXIED ON TO RUNWAY 30 FOR TAKEOFF AT NORTH LAS VEGAS AIR TERMINAL, NEVADA (VGT).  THE PRIVATE PILOT, RICKY LAVON HOUSTON (528980288) ATTEMPTED TO MITIGATE THE EFFECT OF THE WIND, BUT WAS UNABLE.

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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