# Accident 20100123026399A: Cessna 172H, Nightmute, AK, January 23, 2010

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 23, 2010, 17:30 local time
- Place: Nightmute, AK
- Airport: Nightmule, Ak
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Taxi
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 60.4708° N, 164.7008° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=60.4708&lon=-164.7008&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3718F, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N3718F-2017-07-12) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172H (registry code 2072424, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172h) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental 0-300 series (registry code 17022, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-0-300-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172H
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR 0-300 SER
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 0 total, 1,000 in this make and model, 30 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ANC10CA015](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC10CA015) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20100123026399A

## Narrative

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

THE PILOT WAS TRYING TO TAXI HIS AIRCRAFT IN A HIGH WIND CONDITION. BY DOING SO, HIS AIRCRAFT LEFT WING WAS STRUCK BY A 45KT CROSS WIND GUST. THIS CAUSED THE AIRCRAFT TO DO A 180 DEGREE TURN AND FLIPPING IT INTO A 5 FT EMBANKMENT. THE AIRCRAFT OBTAINED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE.

## 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 ANC10CA015](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC10CA015), Jan 23, 2010: Cessna 172H (N3718F), Nightmute, AK, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to maintain control of the airplane in a strong gusting wind, and his decision to taxi for takeoff in such conditions.

## Other reports on N3718F (1)

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

- [Accident 19730421009459A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19730421009459A), Apr 21, 1973: Cessna 172H (N3718F), Abilene, TX, Substantial damage. Acft touched dwn 1000FT past aprch end of 2500 ft rnwy,bounced,hit gnd l wing low.

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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