- Date
- March 22, 2022, 12:00 local (17:00 UTC)
- Place
- Plains, TX
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Taxi
- Aircraft
- N7199GCessna 172K
- Defining event
- Taxi-from runway: Loss of control on ground
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- Investigation class
- Class 4 - Basic report with no Prelim publish
- NTSB office
- Central Region
- Parties
- Federal Aviation Administration
- FAA report
- 20220322004059A
- Case key
- 104836
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
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Probable cause
The pilot’s failure to maintain control of the airplane during taxi with a strong crosswind.
Findings · 3
NTSB’s coded findings. Those marked are part of the probable cause; the rest are factors or other findings. Under each, the cases with the same finding.
Sequence of events
The events NTSB coded, in order, by phase of flight. The defining event is the one that best describes the accident. Under each, the cases with the same event anywhere in their sequence.
Analysis
After the landing the pilot stopped the airplane on the taxiway and noted that the airspeed indicator indicated almost 40 knots due to the wind. The pilot taxied the airplane toward the fuel pump with aileron crosswind correction and heard the stall warning horn sound. The wind lifted the right wing, so the pilot pulled the throttle to idle and applied the brakes. The left wing and propeller struck the ground as the wind continued to push the airplane across the ground. The left wing sustained substantial damage. After the pilot egressed, a gust of wing flipped the airplane inverted.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7199G
- Reported as
- Cessna 172K
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 17258899
- Built
- 1969
- Airframe hours
- 4,532
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-E2D, 150 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Aerial observation · Part 91
- Operator
- American Patriots Inc
- Registered owner
- American Patriots Inc
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- AAIP · March 17, 2022 · 24 hours before
- Departed
- 7T7 · Midland, TX
- Destination
- Same as departure
- Airport
- F98 · Yoakum County Airport, runway 35, 3,924 × 60 ft, asphalt
- Equipment
- Stall warning system, ADS-B, Auto-pilot, Electronic flight bag or handheld device, Handheld GPS
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 22
- Injuries
- None
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Without waivers/limitations
- Last flight review
- March 20, 2022
- Seat
- Left
- Restraint
- 3-point
- Flight hours
- 1,468 total · 1,300 in this make and model · 1,407 as pilot in command · 182 in the last 90 days · 21 in the last 30 days · 4 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 360° at 21 knots, gusting 34
- Visibility
- 4 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 46 °F, dew point 23 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.08 inHg
- Observed at
- KGNC, 34 nm away
- METAR
- KGNC 221655Z AUTO 36021G34KT 4SM HZ CLR 08/M05 A3008 RMK AO2 T00821054
Docket · 2
The files NTSB released with the investigation on April 19, 2022, on NTSB’s docket system: statements, records, photos and specialists’ reports. 62.2 MB in all.
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.