# Incident 20081007847889I: Cessna 172F, Spokane, WA, October 7, 2008

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 7, 2008, 10:50 local time
- Place: Spokane, WA
- Airport: Spokane International
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff Ground Roll
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 47.6190° N, 117.5352° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at SPOKANE INTL (GEG), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=47.6190&lon=-117.5352&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8410U, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N8410U) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172F (registry code 2072414, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172f) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental 0-300 series (registry code 17022, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-0-300-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172F
- Reported engine: LYC O360*
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 3,434 total, 53 in this make and model, 138 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20081007847889I

## Narrative

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

(-23) ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^   STATED HE OBTAINED A WEATHER BRIEFING PRIOR TO TAXIING THE AIRCRAFT AND WAS BRIEFED THAT THE CURRENT WINDS WERE AS STRONG AS THE WIND WAS GOING TO GET.  20 TO 30 DEGREES FROM THE RUNWAY AT  22 GUSTING TO 27 KNOTS. HE STATED THAT HE DID A SHORT TAXI TO THE INTERSECTION “F”. HE DID A RUNUP AND GOT CLEARANCE FROM THE TOWER FOR TAKEOFF. THE TOWER SAID THE WINDS WERE NOW 30 KNOTS. WHILE TAXIING PERPENDICULAR TO THE WIND THE NOSE GEAR STARTED TO SKIP WHILE THE AIRCRAFT TRIED TO WEATHERVANE INTO THE WIND. HE APPLIED POWER JUST AS THE WIND GUST TO 40 KNOTS THE WING STARTED TO RAISE WHEN HE APPLIED THE BRAKES. HE DID NOT NOTICE THAT THE PROPELLAR STRUCK THE GROUND BUT THE WIND CAUSED HIM TO END UP OFF THE RUNWAY IN THE GRASS. HE CALLED FOR ASSISTANCE TO TOW THE AIRCRAFT BACK TO XN AVIATION.

## Other reports on N8410U (1)

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

- [Incident 19900326015099I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19900326015099I), Mar 26, 1990: Cessna 172F (N8410U), Paso Robles, CA, Minor damage. Electrical fire in cockpit during taxi. Shut down and evacuated. Suspect dome light control overheated.

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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