# Accident 20180223003069A: Cessna 172M, Show Low, AZ, February 23, 2018

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 23, 2018, 02:20 local time
- Place: Show Low, AZ
- Airport: Show Low
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Rollout
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 34.2644° N, 110.0128° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.2644&lon=-110.0128&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5147N, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N5147N) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172M (registry code 2072418, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172m) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172M
- Reported engine: LYCOMING O-320
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, flight instructor, private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 830 total, 565 in this make and model, 125 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB GAA18CA141](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA18CA141) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20180223003069A

## Narrative

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

CFI WAS CONDUCTING FLIGHT TRAINING WITH AIRMAN.  THE PURPOSE WAS A CROSS COUNTRY FLIGHT TO SHOW LOW (KSOW) AND RETURN TO FALCON FIELD (KFFZ).  AIRMAN STATES THAT HE CHECKED FOREFLIGHT ON HIS TABLET AND WHICH ALSO PROVIDED A RECOMMENDED RUNWAY AND MAXIMUM CROSSWIND COMPONANT.  THE REPORTED WEATHER DATA AT KSOW ON 23 FEB, 2018 AT 1655Z WAS WINDS 190/24KTS.  ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ STATES THAT HE ACCEPTED THE FAVORED RUNWAY PROVIDED BY THE FOREFLIGHT APPLICATION WHICH WAS RUNWAY 6.  THIS RESULTED IN LANDING WITH A RIGHT QUARTERING TAIL WIND.  AS THE AIRCRAFT SLOWED DOWN, THE PILOT STATES THAT HE FELT THE TAIL OF THE AIRCRAFT LIFT UP FROM A GUST OF WIND AND THEN THE AIRCRAFT VEERED TO THE RIGHT.  THERE WERE TWO EVENLY SPACED SKID MARKS FROM THE MAIN WHEELS AS THE AIRCRAFT TURNED OFF THE CENTERLINE AND ONTO THE GRASS AT THE EDGE OF THE RUNWAY.  DUE TO RECENT RAINS, THE GRASSY AREA WAS SOFT CAUSING THE NOSE GEAR TO STICK INTO THE SOIL.  THE AIRCRAFT THEN FLIPPED OVER THE NOSE AND ONTO ITS BACK, CAUSING SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT NOSE AND WINGS.  BOTH PILOTS EXITED THE AIRCRAFT WITHOUT INJURY.

## 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 GAA18CA141](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA18CA141), Feb 23, 2018: Cessna 172 (N5147N), Show Low, AZ, substantial damage. Probable cause: The flight instructor’s failure to maintain directional control during the landing roll in gusting crosswind and tailwind conditions.

## Other reports on N5147N (1)

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

- [Accident 19980726017679A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19980726017679A), Jul 26, 1998: Cessna 172M (N5147N), Franktown, CO, Substantial damage. (-23)The pilot had been at centennial airport to practice touch and go landings. After departing the airport eastbound, he became disoriented. The pilot…

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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