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Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Cessna 120 · Scappoose, OR · September 5, 2022

Date
September 5, 2022 · 11:00 local
Place
Scappoose, OR
Phase of flight
Taxi
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N77257
NTSB investigation
NTSBWPR22LA336
Reported as
Cessna 120
Reported engine
Continental C85 series
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Private pilot
Pilot’s flight hours
230 total20 in this make and model11 in the last 90 days

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.

Airman stated that he was praticing take offs and landings at scapoose airport and was in the process of taxiing back for another takeoff when a gust of wind picked up the tail of the airplane and flipped it over. The aircraft came to rest inverted on a taxiway and was substantially damaged. The sole occupant on board, the airman, was uninjured.

As the FAA filed it

AIRMAN STATED THAT HE WAS PRATICING TAKE OFFS AND LANDINGS AT SCAPOOSE AIRPORT AND WAS IN THE PROCESS OF TAXIING BACK FOR ANOTHER TAKEOFF WHEN A GUST OF WIND PICKED UP THE TAIL OF THE AIRPLANE AND FLIPPED IT OVER. THE AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST INVERTED ON A TAXIWAY AND WAS SUBSTANTIALLY DAMAGED. THE SOLE OCCUPANT ON BOARD, THE AIRMAN, WAS UNINJURED.

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.