# Incident 20140920021529I: Cessna 172S, Valparaiso, IN, September 20, 2014

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 20, 2014, 15:45 local time
- Place: Valparaiso, IN
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Ground/Ramp/Ma
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.4798° N, 87.0523° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Valparaiso, IN, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.4798&lon=-87.0523&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5204N, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N5204N) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172S (registry code 2072439, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172s) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming IO-360-L2A (registry code 41597, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-io-360-l2a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172S
- Reported engine: LYCOMING IO-360-L2A
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 75 total, 11 in this make and model, 10 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20140920021529I

## Narrative

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

IT WAS REPORTED TO THIS OFFICE THAT THE PILOT PARKED ON TAXIWAY AFTER LANDING WHEN GUSTY WINDS STARTED.  PILOT ELECTED TO REMAIN PARKED ON TAXIWAY UNTIL WIND VELOCITY REDUCED.  A GUST OF WIND TIPPED THE AIRCRAFT FORWARD ON TO THE PROPELLER AND LEFT WING CAUSING MINOR DAMAGE. AIRCRAFT RETURNED TO ALL THREE LANDING GEAR AFTER WIND GUST.

## Other reports on N5204N (1)

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

- [Incident 20050327004399I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20050327004399I), Mar 27, 2005: Cessna 172S (N5204N), Valparaiso, IN, Minor damage. (-23) The student pilot was practicing a short field landing. The aircraft made hard contact with the paved runway, collapsing the nose landing gear strut to…

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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