# Incident 20220829023169I: Cessna 172K, Three Rivers, MI, August 29, 2022

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 29, 2022, 15:50 local time
- Place: Three Rivers, MI
- Airport: Three Rivers Municipal Dr Haines
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Taxi
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.9597° N, 85.5931° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at THREE RIVERS MUNI/DR HAINES (HAI), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.9597&lon=-85.5931&mi=10
- Aircraft: N78457, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N78457-2022-12-31) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172K (registry code 2072430, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172k) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172K
- Reported engine: LYCOMING 0-320 SERIES
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20220829023169I

## Narrative

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

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.

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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