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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Cessna 150E · Gaithersburg, MD · January 2, 2000

Date
January 2, 2000 · 13:00 local
Place
Gaithersburg, MD
Airport
Montgomery County Arpk Airport
Phase of flight
Takeoff Ground Roll
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N3979U
Reported as
Cessna 150E
Reported engine
Continental O200A
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
167 total145 in this make and model3 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.

(-23) Pilot reported a sudden gust of wind from the left at 55 KTS of IAS. The aircraft rolled right, right wingtip contacted ground, then the nopse. Nose gear bent back, prop bent, bottom cowl bent and right wing tip damaged outboard of second rib from tip.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) PILOT REPORTED A SUDDEN GUST OF WIND FROM THE LEFT AT 55 KTS OF IAS. THE AIRCRAFT ROLLED RIGHT, RIGHT WINGTIP CONTACTED GROUND, THEN THE NOPSE. NOSE GEAR BENT BACK, PROP BENT, BOTTOM COWL BENT AND RIGHT WING TIP DAMAGED OUTBOARD OF SECOND RIB FROM TIP.