# Incident 20100429051149I: Cessna 172R, Nashua, NH, April 29, 2010

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 29, 2010, 12:05 local time
- Place: Nashua, NH
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Taxi
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 42.7491° N, 71.4905° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Nashua, NH, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.7491&lon=-71.4905&mi=10
- Aircraft: N676DW, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N676DW) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172R (registry code 2072401, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172r) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming I0360 series (registry code 41515, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-i0360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172R
- Reported engine: LYCOMING I0360 SER
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 510 total, 205 in this make and model, 22 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20100429051149I

## Narrative

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

AFTER COMPLETION OF PILOT CHECK RIDE, PILOT REPORTED THAT WHILE TAXING TO THE RAMP, GUST OF WIND UPTURNED THE AICRAFT ONTO THE LEFT WING AND NOSE.  THE LEFT WING TIP STRUCK THE GROUND AND THE TAIL ROSE AS THE AIRCRAFT TURNED CAUSING THE PROPELLER TO STRIKE THE GROUND AND STOP.  THE ARCRAFT SPUN APPROXIMATELY 270 DEGREES TO THE LEFT BEFORE COMING TO A STOP BACK ON ALL THREE WHEELS.  THE WIND WAS REPORTED 300 DEGREES AT 23, GUSTS 38.

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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