# Incident 20091222053409I: Cessna 120, Tucson, AZ, December 22, 2009

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 22, 2009, 16:38 local time
- Place: Tucson, AZ
- Airport: Tucson International
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Taxi
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 32.1171° N, 110.9415° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at TUCSON INTL (TUS), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.1171&lon=-110.9415&mi=10
- Aircraft: N87F (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 120
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR C85 SERIES
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 1,160 total, 65 in this make and model, 300 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20091222053409I

## Narrative

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

PILOT LANDED RUNWAY 21 AT TUS. THE WINDS WERE GUSTY AND JUST ABOUT RIGHT DOWN THE RUNWAY. AFTER DEPARTING THE RUNWAY ON THE HI SPEED TAXIWAY HE BEGAN HIS TAXI WITH THE WIND. A LARGE GUST OF WIND PICKED UP THE TAIL AND THE NOSE COWLING STRUCK THE GROUND. DAMAGE TO THE PROPELLER AND ENGINE SHROUD. NO OTHER DAMAGE NOTED.

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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