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FAA incident report · Cessna 172M · Houston, TX · March 13, 2008

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Date
March 13, 2008 · 10:00 local
Place
Houston, TX
Airport
Houston-Southwest
Phase of flight
Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N12646
Reported as
Cessna 172M
Reported engine
Lycoming O320E2D
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
78 total6 in this make and model3 in the last 90 days
N12646Registration cancelled Oct 3, 2020 · Cessna 172MS/N 17262141 · Built 1973Airframe modelCessna 172MEngine modelLycoming 0-320 seriesReciprocating

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What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

(-23) The pilot stated that just after touch down a gust of wind blew across the runway from the right and lifted his right hand wing causing him to depart the runway, through some grass, over a taxiway and into a ditch where the aircraft lost its nose wheel, tumbled forward over the nose, causing the propeller to strike the ground and the engine to be suddenly stopped. The left wingtip struck the ground bending the left hand wing strut. The aircraft came to rest upside down striking the vertical stabilizer on the ground, breaking off the anti-collision strobe light with no significant damage to either the rudder or vertical stabilizer.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) THE PILOT STATED THAT JUST AFTER TOUCH DOWN A GUST OF WIND BLEW ACROSS THE RUNWAY FROM THE RIGHT AND LIFTED HIS RIGHT HAND WING CAUSING HIM TO DEPART THE RUNWAY, THROUGH SOME GRASS, OVER A TAXIWAY AND INTO A DITCH WHERE THE AIRCRAFT LOST ITS NOSE WHEEL, TUMBLED FORWARD OVER THE NOSE, CAUSING THE PROPELLER TO STRIKE THE GROUND AND THE ENGINE TO BE SUDDENLY STOPPED. THE LEFT WINGTIP STRUCK THE GROUND BENDING THE LEFT HAND WING STRUT. THE AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST UPSIDE DOWN STRIKING THE VERTICAL STABILIZER ON THE GROUND, BREAKING OFF THE ANTI-COLLISION STROBE LIGHT WITH NO SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE TO EITHER THE RUDDER OR VERTICAL STABILIZER.