# Incident 20070609011579I: Cessna 172R, Raleigh/Durham, NC, June 9, 2007

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 9, 2007, 21:25 local time
- Place: Raleigh/Durham, NC
- Airport: Raleigh-Durham International
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 35.8776° N, 78.7875° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at RALEIGH-DURHAM INTL (RDU), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.8776&lon=-78.7875&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7275G, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N7275G-2008-08-12) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172R (registry code 2072401, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172r) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming I0360 series (registry code 41515, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-i0360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172R
- Reported engine: LYC IO360LYC*
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 157 total, 157 in this make and model, 11 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20070609011579I

## Narrative

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

(-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.

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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