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Incident · Substantial damage

FAA incident report · Cessna 172N · Belmar/Farming, NJ · March 21, 2008

Date: March 21, 2008 · 11:00 local
Place: Belmar/Farming, NJ
Airport: Monmouth Executive
Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Substantial damage
Aircraft: N6591D
Reported as: Cessna 172N
Reported engine: Lycoming O360*
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 0 total0 in this make and model0 in the last 90 days

N6591DRegistration cancelled May 28, 2010 · Cessna 172NS/N 17272881 · Built 1979 Airframe modelCessna 172N Engine modelLycoming 0-320 seriesReciprocating

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 certificated airframe and powerplant mechanic was taxiing the aircraft to its hangar, post maintenance. While crossing runway 14-32, a gust of wind caught the aircraft and flipped it inverted. Per the national climatic data center report for Monmouth Executive Airport for March 21, 2008, 0955 local standard time (1055 EDT), the winds were 26 mph gusting to 39 mph out of 320 degrees. The aircraft sustained substantial damage and the mechanic suffered a separated shoulder. The mechanic is a certificated private pilot with a single engine land rating, but was not acting in that capacity at the time of the incident.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) THE CERTIFICATED AIRFRAME AND POWERPLANT MECHANIC WAS TAXIING THE AIRCRAFT TO ITS HANGAR, POST MAINTENANCE. WHILE CROSSING RUNWAY 14-32, A GUST OF WIND CAUGHT THE AIRCRAFT AND FLIPPED IT INVERTED. PER THE NATIONAL CLIMATIC DATA CENTER REPORT FOR MONMOUTH EXECUTIVE AIRPORT FOR MARCH 21, 2008, 0955 LOCAL STANDARD TIME (1055 EDT), THE WINDS WERE 26 MPH GUSTING TO 39 MPH OUT OF 320 DEGREES. THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE AND THE MECHANIC SUFFERED A SEPARATED SHOULDER. THE MECHANIC IS A CERTIFICATED PRIVATE PILOT WITH A SINGLE ENGINE LAND RATING, BUT WAS NOT ACTING IN THAT CAPACITY AT THE TIME OF THE INCIDENT.