# Incident 20010527013349I: Cessna 172N, Wichita Falls, TX, May 27, 2001

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 27, 2001, 00:40 local time
- Place: Wichita Falls, TX
- Airport: Sheppard Afb-Wichita Falls Mun
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.9888° N, 98.4919° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at SHEPPARD AFB/WICHITA FALLS MUNI (SPS), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.9888&lon=-98.4919&mi=10
- Aircraft: N734HG, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N734HG-2004-08-11) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172N (registry code 2072434, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172n) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172N
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20010527013349I

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON MAY 27, 2001, AT 2440 CDT, A CESSNA 172N, N734HG, REGISTER TO K & S ENTERPRISES, INC., 1320 COUNTY ROAD 1143, TYLER, TX 75704, LANDED AT SHEPPARD AFTB, AT WICHITA FALLS, TX BECAUSE OF HIGH WIND. WHILE TAXING TO TIE DOWN, QUARTERING TAILWIND TURNED THE AIRCRAFT OVER ON IT'S BACK. THERE WAS NO INJURY TO THE PILOT, AND MINOR DAMAGE TO THE PROP AND WING TIP.  THIS WAS A PART 91 PERSONAL FLIGHT.  THE PILOT HOLDS A PRIVATE SINGLE LAND CERTIFICATE, NUMBER 1596471.  THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED A RENTON NEW MIXICO, ON MAY 27, 2001, AT 2130 CDT.

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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