- Date
- August 9, 2022, 12:00 local (22:00 UTC)
- Place
- Kahului, HI
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Taxi
- Aircraft
- N84352Cessna 172K
- Defining event
- Taxi-to runway: Windshear or thunderstorm
- 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
- FAA report
- 20220809011769A
- Case key
- 105717
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Probable cause
The pilot’s inadequate compensation for gusting winds while maneuvering on the ground.
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
The pilot reported that, while turning the airplane into the wind for an engine run-up, a gust of wind lifted the right wing, which caused the left wing to impact the pavement and the airplane to nose over. The airplane sustained substantial damage to the left outboard wing. The pilot reported no preaccident mechanical failures or malfunctions with the airplane that would have precluded normal operations.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N84352
- Reported as
- Cessna 172K
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 17258437
- Built
- 1969
- Airframe hours
- 3,504.87
- Engine
- Lycoming 0-320-E2D, 150 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Boundless Aviation LLC
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · June 21, 2022
- Departed
- PHOG · Kahului, HI
- Destination
- Same as departure
- Airport
- PHOG · Kahului, runway 2, 6,998 × 150 ft, asphalt
- Equipment
- Stall warning system, Angle of attack indicator, ADS-B
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
- 37
- Injuries
- None
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Without waivers/limitations
- Last flight review
- May 21, 2021
- Seat
- Left
- Restraint
- 3-point
- Flight hours
- 93 total · 25 in this make and model · 56 as pilot in command · 13 in the last 90 days · 8 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 60° at 23 knots, gusting 32
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 90 °F, dew point 66 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.02 inHg
- Observed at
- PHOG, 0.75 nm away
- METAR
- PHOG 092154Z 06022G33KT 10SM FEW025 SCT040 31/19 A3003 RMK AO2 PK WND 06033/2146 SLP173 T03060194
Docket · 2
The files NTSB released with the investigation on September 15, 2022, on NTSB’s docket system: statements, records, photos and specialists’ reports. 6.0 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.
Other investigations on N84352 · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.