# Incident 20120508008459I: Cessna 180, Truckee, CA, May 8, 2012

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 8, 2012, 11:17 local time
- Place: Truckee, CA
- Airport: Truckee/Tahoe Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Other, Specify
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 39.3201° N, 120.1396° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at TRUCKEE-TAHOE (TRK), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.3201&lon=-120.1396&mi=10
- Aircraft: N1677C, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N1677C) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 180 (registry code 2072602, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-180) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental O-470 series (registry code 17026, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-o-470-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 180
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR O-470 SERIES
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 1,670 total, 730 in this make and model, 60 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20120508008459I

## Narrative

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

DURING TAIL-UP TAXI PRACTICE, A WIND GUST CAUSED THE AIRCRAFT TO NOSE OVER DAMAGING THE AIRCRAFT ENGINE, PROPELLER, FIREWALL AND RIGHT WING.

## Other reports on N1677C (1)

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

- [Accident 20130607012239A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20130607012239A), Jun 7, 2013: Cessna 180 (N1677C), Beckwourth, CA, Substantial damage. On 6-12-2013 ASI vavra observed N1677C in a hanger at O02 with the stabilizer removed due to damage to the left leading edge. ASI vavra notified the reno FSDO…

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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