# Accident 20050307006519A: Cessna 172B, Naknek, AK, March 7, 2005

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 7, 2005
- Place: Naknek, AK
- Airport: Naknek
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 58.7272° N, 156.9408° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=58.7272&lon=-156.9408&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7871X, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N7871X-2017-02-22) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172B (registry code 2072406, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental 0-300 series (registry code 17022, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-0-300-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172B
- Reported engine: CONT O300*
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,000 total, 200 in this make and model, 20 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ANC05CA047](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC05CA047) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20050307006519A

## Narrative

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

(-23) DURING TAXI AFTER LANDING AT SOUTH NAKNEK AIRPORT, N7871X RECEIVED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE AS A RESULT OF PILOT ^PRIVACY DATA O^ NOT MAINTAINING DIRECTIONAL CONTROL IN GUSTY WIND CONDITIONS.

## 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 ANC05CA047](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC05CA047), Mar 7, 2005: Cessna 172B (N7871X), South Naknek, AK, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's inadequate compensation for wind conditions during taxi after landing, which resulted in the airplane nosing over. A factor associated with the accident was the gusty wind condition.

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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