# Accident 20090226001569A: Cessna 172N, Denver, CO, February 26, 2009

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 26, 2009, 10:37 local time
- Place: Denver, CO
- Airport: Rocky Mountain Metropolitan
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Taxi
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 39.9086° N, 105.1172° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.9086&lon=-105.1172&mi=10
- Aircraft: N737KR, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N737KR-2013-05-07) (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
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 22,780 total, 11 in this make and model, 17 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN09CA181](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN09CA181) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20090226001569A

## Narrative

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

PILOT CHOSE TO GO FLYING DESPITE GUSTY WINDS.  WHILE TAXIING TO THE RUNWAY, A GUST OF WIND LIFTED THE RIGHT WING OF THE AIRCRAFT CAUSING THE AIRCRAFT TO FLIP OVER AND COME TO REST TO THE DOWNWIND SIDE OF THE TAXIWAY UPSIDE DOWN.

## 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 CEN09CA181](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN09CA181), Feb 26, 2009: Cessna 172N (N737KR), Broomfield, CO, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot and airplane's inability to compensate for the unforecasted gusting 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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