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Incident · Substantial damage

FAA incident report · Cessna 172K · Three Rivers, MI · August 29, 2022

Date: August 29, 2022 · 15:50 local
Place: Three Rivers, MI
Airport: Three Rivers Municipal Dr Haines
Phase of flight: Taxi
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Substantial damage
Aircraft: N78457
Reported as: Cessna 172K
Reported engine: Lycoming 0-320 series
People aboard: 1
Fatal injuries: 0
Other injuries: 0

N78457Registration cancelled Dec 31, 2022 · Cessna 172KS/N 17257623 · Built 1968 Airframe modelCessna 172K Engine modelLycoming 0-320 seriesReciprocating

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

On August 29, at approximately 1550 EDT, a mechanic stated he seen a storm approching the khai airport. Noticing the aircraft, privacy data omitted Cessna 172K, was not tied down, he decided to taxi the aircraft from a ramp area to the aircraft tie-down area. The aircraft was flipped upside down by a large gust of wind while taxiing. The aircraft received subtantial damage to both wings, empennage, vertical, rudder and propeller. The mechanic was uninjured.

As the FAA filed it

ON AUGUST 29, AT APPROXIMATELY 1550 EDT, A MECHANIC STATED HE SEEN A STORM APPROCHING THE KHAI AIRPORT. NOTICING THE AIRCRAFT, ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ CESSNA 172K, WAS NOT TIED DOWN, HE DECIDED TO TAXI THE AIRCRAFT FROM A RAMP AREA TO THE AIRCRAFT TIE-DOWN AREA. THE AIRCRAFT WAS FLIPPED UPSIDE DOWN BY A LARGE GUST OF WIND WHILE TAXIING. THE AIRCRAFT RECEIVED SUBTANTIAL DAMAGE TO BOTH WINGS, EMPENNAGE, VERTICAL, RUDDER AND PROPELLER. THE MECHANIC WAS UNINJURED.