# Incident 20000102001019I: Cessna 150E, Gaithersburg, MD, January 2, 2000

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 2, 2000, 13:00 local time
- Place: Gaithersburg, MD
- Airport: Montgomery County Arpk Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff Ground Roll
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 39.1683° N, 77.1660° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at MONTGOMERY COUNTY AIRPARK (GAI), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.1683&lon=-77.1660&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3979U, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N3979U-2004-07-01) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 150E (registry code 2071812, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-150e) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental 0-200 series (registry code 17020, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-0-200-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 150E
- Reported engine: CONT O200A
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 167 total, 145 in this make and model, 3 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000102001019I

## Narrative

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

(-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.

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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