20040531014749I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Cessna 172P · Beatrice, NE · May 31, 2004

Date
May 31, 2004 · 16:10 local
Place
Beatrice, NE
Airport
Beatrice Municipal Airport
Phase of flight
Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N54960
Reported as
Cessna 172P
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
19,141 total1,700 in this make and model50 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) The aircraft was being refueled. The wind increased substantially. Refueling was stopped. The pilot attempted to taxi the aircraft to the tie down area. While taxiing, the wind lifted the tail and the propeller struck the concrete. METAR reported the winds 240 at 20 knots with gust to 49 knots. Mr. Leddy was the owner of the aircraft.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) THE AIRCRAFT WAS BEING REFUELED. THE WIND INCREASED SUBSTANTIALLY. REFUELING WAS STOPPED. THE PILOT ATTEMPTED TO TAXI THE AIRCRAFT TO THE TIE DOWN AREA. WHILE TAXIING, THE WIND LIFTED THE TAIL AND THE PROPELLER STRUCK THE CONCRETE. METAR REPORTED THE WINDS 240 AT 20 KNOTS WITH GUST TO 49 KNOTS. MR. LEDDY WAS THE OWNER OF THE AIRCRAFT.