20070609011579I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Cessna 172R · Raleigh/Durham, NC · June 9, 2007

Date
June 9, 2007 · 21:25 local
Place
Raleigh/Durham, NC
Airport
Raleigh-Durham International
Phase of flight
Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N7275G
Reported as
Cessna 172R
Reported engine
Lycoming IO360LYC*
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
157 total157 in this make and model11 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) Aircraft landed on runway 5L and called ground control. Ground control instructed aircraft to taxi to the ramp. As aircraft taxied a crosswind gust hit the aircraft and spun the aircraft around causing a prop strike and the wing tip to hit the ground. Winds were coming from the north and pilot was taxiing heading to south east. Pilot stated that he had input of left aileron down.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) AIRCRAFT LANDED ON RUNWAY 5L AND CALLED GROUND CONTROL. GROUND CONTROL INSTRUCTED AIRCRAFT TO TAXI TO THE RAMP. AS AIRCRAFT TAXIED A CROSSWIND GUST HIT THE AIRCRAFT AND SPUN THE AIRCRAFT AROUND CAUSING A PROP STRIKE AND THE WING TIP TO HIT THE GROUND. WINDS WERE COMING FROM THE NORTH AND PILOT WAS TAXIING HEADING TO SOUTH EAST. PILOT STATED THAT HE HAD INPUT OF LEFT AILERON DOWN.