# Accident 19980201002499A: Cessna 172K, Oxford, MA, February 1, 1998

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 1, 1998, 10:00 local time
- Place: Oxford, MA
- Airport: Oxford Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 42.1159° N, 71.8701° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Oxford, MA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.1159&lon=-71.8701&mi=10
- Aircraft: N78222, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N78222-2002-06-26) (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: LYC O320*
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 100 total, 20 in this make and model, 15 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB IAD98LA025](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/IAD98LA025) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19980201002499A

## Narrative

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

NOSE GEAR VIBRATION LANDING. TYPICAL 172. PORPOISED USING BACK YOKE. LOST CONTROL VEERED OFF RWY. NOSED OVER SNOWBA (.4)THE PILOT SAID THAT HE APPLIED BACK PRESSURE TO THE YOKE TO REDUCE A NOSE WHEEL VIBRATION DURING LANDING AND THE AIRPLANE BEGAN 'HOPPING.'  THE PILOT ALSO ATTEMPTED TO RETRACT THE FLAPS DURING THE LANDING SEQUENCE IN AN EFFORT TO INCREASE BRAKING ABILITY.  DURING THAT TIME, THE AIRPLANE DRIFTED TO THE RIGHT, STRUCK A SNOWBANK, NOSED OVER, AND CAME TO REST INVERTED.  ACCORDING TO THE PILOT, 'THE AIRPLANE DRIFTED RIGHT AND STRUCK THE SNOWBANK, PROBABLY BECAUSE I WAS REACHING FOR THE FLAPS.'  THE PILOT HAD 100 HOURS OF FLIGHT EXPERIENCE, 20 HOURS OF WHICH WERE IN MAKE AND MODEL.              (-23) ON LANDING ROLL OUT THE NOSE WHEEL STARTED TO VIBRATE.  THE PILOT USE UP-ELEVATOR AND THE AIRCRAFT WAS AIRBORNE THEN RE-SETTLED AND HE USED HARD BRAKING, RAISED FLAPS LOST DIRECTIONAL CONTROL, VEERED TO RIGHT AND FLIPPED OVER AFTER STRIKING SNOW ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE RUNWAY.  (THE NOSE WHEEL HAD VERY LITTLE AIR IN IT.  HOWEVER, IT TESTED OK/25 LBS. PSI).

## 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 IAD98LA025](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/IAD98LA025), Feb 1, 1998: Cessna 172K (N78222), Oxford, MA, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to maintain directional control.

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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