# Accident 20170302005519A: Cessna 172B, Greenville, ME, March 2, 2017

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 2, 2017, 15:00 local time
- Place: Greenville, ME
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Taxi
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 45.4628° N, 69.5517° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=45.4628&lon=-69.5517&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7450X, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N7450X-2018-07-12) (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 MOTOR 0-300 SER
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 700 total
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB GAA17CA175](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA17CA175) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20170302005519A

## Narrative

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

PILOT ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ PIC OF CESSNA 172 N7450X WAS FLYING FROM KOLD TO 3B1 VFR.  PIC GOT WEATHER BRIEFING FROM KBGR BEFORE DEPARTING KOLD AND ALSO LOOKED UP THE WEATHER ON FOREFLIGHT VIA IPAD BEFORE DEPARTING FROM KOLD.  PILOT RECALLS KNOWING THE WINDS WERE 320 AT 14 GUST 26 AND EXPECTED A BUMPY RIDE.  PILOT INDIACATED ALL WENT WELL NO ISSUES A BIT ROUGH BUT NOTHING ALARMING.  UPON APPROACH PILOT CHECKED THE AUTOMATED WEATHER TO CONFIRM THE WINDS AND THEY HAD NOT CHANGED.  PILOT LANDED THE PLANE ON RUNWAY 32 AND HAD A DIRECT HEAD WIND NO ISSUES.  PILOT TAXIED DOWN RWY 32 TO THE INTERSECTION OF RWY 3-21.  THEN TOOK A RIGHT TURN ONTO RWY 3 WHICH CREATED A QUARTERING HEADWIND FROM THE LEFT. PILOT STATED, I USED STANDARD TAXIING CORRECTIVE MEASURES WHICH ARE TO KEEP ELEVATOR IN NEUTRAL POSITION AND TURN YOKE TO THE LEFT WHICH POSITIONED AILERON UP.  AIRCRAFT WENT ABOUT 150 FEET AND FELT A BIG GUST OF WIND WHICH LIFTED THE LEFT WING.  AT THIS POINT THE PLANE ROLLED UP ON THE RIGHT WING AND PROPELLER STARTED HITTING THE PAVEMENT.  ANOTHER GUST HIT WHICH PUSH/LIFTED THE PLANE TO EDGE OF THE RUNWAY AT AN INCREASED RATE OF SPEED.  WHEN THE FRONT WHEEL HIT THE EXTREMELY HARD COMPACT SNOW IT FLIPPED THE PLANE OVER ON ITS BACK.  PIC WAS THE ONLY PERSON IN THE PLANE.  END.

## 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 GAA17CA175](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA17CA175), Mar 2, 2017: Cessna 172 (N7450X), Greenville, ME, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to maintain directional control while taxiing in gusting crosswind 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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