# Incident 20081229854199I: Cessna 172N, Pontiac, MI, December 29, 2008

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 29, 2008, 17:02 local time
- Place: Pontiac, MI
- Airport: Oakland County International
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Taxi
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 42.6656° N, 83.4205° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at OAKLAND COUNTY INTL (PTK), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.6656&lon=-83.4205&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7608F, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N7608F) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172N (registry code 2072434, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172n) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172N
- Reported engine: LYC O320H2AD
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 29,647 total, 9,250 in this make and model, 35 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20081229854199I

## Narrative

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

ON DEC 29TH, 2008 AT OAKLAND INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT, N7608F, A CESSNA 172N WITH A PRIVATE PILOT AND CERTIFIED FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR WAS TAXIING ON RUNWAY 27L HEADING WEST AND TURNED SOUTH ON TAXIWAY J.  A WIND GUST OF APPROXIMATELY 37 KNOTS AT 310DEG HIT THE AIRCRAFT AT THE POINT OF TURN CAUSING THE AIRCRAFTS RIGHT WING TIP TO LIFT.  AT THIS POINT, THE LEFT WINGTIP AND PROP STRUCK THE GROUND CAUSING MINOR WINGTIP DAMAGE AND SIGNIFICANT PROP DAMAGE.  NO STRUCTURAL DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT WAS INCURRED.  THE ENGINE WAS IMMEDIATELY SHUT DOWN AND THE AIRCRAFT WAS TOWED TO A MAINTENANCE FACILITY FOR EVALUATION.  THERE WERE NO INJURIES TO PERSONNEL.

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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