# Accident 19971102031649A: Cessna 172G, Elk City, OK, November 2, 1997

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 2, 1997, 14:15 local time
- Place: Elk City, OK
- Airport: Elk City Municipal Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 35.4308° N, 99.3943° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at , within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.4308&lon=-99.3943&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5745R, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5745R-2013-08-20) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172G (registry code 2072420, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172g) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental 0-300 series (registry code 17022, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-0-300-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172G
- Reported engine: CONT O300D
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 205 total, 24 in this make and model, 24 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB FTW98LA040](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW98LA040) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19971102031649A

## Narrative

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

TURNING TO TAKE ACTIVE RUNWAY WAS BLOWN OVER INVERTED. WAY TOO MUCH WIND FOR OPERATING A CESSNA 172 ON SURFACE. (-23) THE PILOT WAS MANEUVERING THE AIRCRAFT TO TAKE THE ACTIVE RUNWAY. WHEN THE TAIL OF THE AIRPLANE WAS TURNED INTO THE PREVAILING WIND, THE AIRPLANE NOSED OVER AND CAME TO REST IN THE INVERTED POSITION.

## 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 FTW98LA040](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW98LA040), Nov 2, 1997: Cessna 172G (N5745R), Elk City, OK, substantial damage. Probable cause: The high winds and the pilot's poor judgment in attempting to taxi in the existing wind conditions.

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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