# Incident 20080628846939I: Cessna 152, Chicago/West C, IL, June 28, 2008

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 28, 2008, 15:34 local time
- Place: Chicago/West C, IL
- Airport: Dupage
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Other Ground Ops
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.9071° N, 88.2480° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at DUPAGE (DPA), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.9071&lon=-88.2480&mi=10
- Aircraft: N48938, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N48938) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 152 (registry code 2071835, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-152) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-235 series (registry code 41505, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-235-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 152
- Reported engine: LYC O235*
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 425 total, 40 in this make and model, 5 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20080628846939I

## Narrative

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

(-23) THE AIRCRAFT HAD LANDED AHEAD OF AN APPROACHING THUNDERSTORM.  THE AIRCRAFT WAS TAXIED CLEAR OF THE RUNWAY AND STOPPED POINTED INTO THE WIND.  THE WIND INCREASED WITH THE APPROACHING THUNDERSTORM AND SHIFTED ABRUPTLY FROM A HEAD WIND TO A TAIL WIND.  THE TAIL OF THE AIRCRAFT WAS LIFTED CAUSING THE AIRCRAFT TO TILT CAUSING THE WING TIP AND PROPELLER TO CONTACT THE TAXIWAY.  THE WIND SUBSIDED AND THE AIRCRAFT RETURNED TO ALL THREE WHEELS.  THE AIRCRAFT WAS SHUT DOWN AND TOWED TO THE RAMP AFTER PASSAGE OF THE GUST FRONT.  THE PILOT WAS COUNSELED ON GROUND AND FLIGHT OPERATIONS NEAR INCLEMENT WEATHER CONDITIONS.

## Other reports on N48938 (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Accident 19940907025889A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19940907025889A), Sep 7, 1994: Cessna 152 (N48938), Osteen, FL, Substantial damage. Oil temp gage red lined. Smelled smoke. Overshot runway electing land nearby airport. Melted terminal oil temp gage

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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