# Accident 19960112000559A: Cessna 172N, Grand Forks, ND, January 12, 1996

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 12, 1996, 10:23 local time
- Place: Grand Forks, ND
- Airport: Grand Forks-Mark Andrews International
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 47.9110° N, 97.0701° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=47.9110&lon=-97.0701&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6338D, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6338D-2003-06-19) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172N (registry code 2072434, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172n) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172N
- Fatal injuries: 0
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI96LA075](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI96LA075) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19960112000559A

## Narrative

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

WAS TAXIING SOUTH OF TAXIWAY, CAUGHT BY GUST OF WIND, SLID OFF TAXIWAY INTO SNOWBANK, PROP AND LEFTWING DAMAGED. (-23) STUDENT PILOT WAS ON SECOND SUPERVISED SOLO FLIGHT AND HAD TAXIED OFF RUNWAY 26 AT GFK AIRPORT. THE AIRCRAFT WAS TAXIING ON TAXIWAY A, WHICH IS A N-S GOING TO THE RAMP. THE TAXIWAYS WERE ICE COVERED AND THE WINDS WERE 2823G30 OR PERPENDICULAR TO THE TAXIWAY. THE PILOT LOST CONTROL OF THE AIRCRAFT WHICH SLID INTO THE SNOW CAUSING A PROPELLER STRIKE AND DAMAGE TO THE LEFT WINGTIP AND LEFT REAR SPAR.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB CHI96LA075](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI96LA075), Jan 12, 1996: Cessna 172N (N6338D), Grand Forks, ND, substantial damage. Probable cause: the pilot's failure to maintain control of the airplane while taxiing. Factors in the accident were the icy condition of the taxiway and the high gusting wind.

## Other reports on N6338D (1)

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

- [Incident 19880906056189I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19880906056189I), Sep 6, 1988: Cessna 172N (N6338D), Scottsbluff, NE, Minor damage. Smoke behind instrument panel. Returned. Fire extinguished. Light rheostat resistor pigtail shorted causing arcing.

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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