- Date
- January 27, 1982, 12:30 local (19:30 UTC)
- Place
- Broomfield, CO
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Taxi
- Aircraft
- N5745TCessna 172N
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report January 27, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- Case key
- 70046
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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Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
Analysis
Prior to landing, the pilot monitored the ATIS and noted that the wind was from 320 degrees at 15 knots. While on final approach for landing, he heard a radio transmission stating that the wind was gusting to 30 knots. While landing, he thought the right tire blew out. However, he cleared the runway, got clearance to taxi to a parking area, and made a series of right and left turns while taxiing. After turning into a lane in the parking area, he felt the tail being lifted by the wind. He tried to turn the aircraft into the wind for control, but the plane tipped over on its nose and right wing tip.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5745T
- Reported as
- Cessna 172N
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 172-51645
- Airframe hours
- 8,236
- Engine
- Continental O-300-D, 145 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Operator
- Flying Cats
- Registered owner
- Flying Cats
- Departed
- BJC · Broomfield, CO
- Destination
- BJC · Broomfield, CO
- Airport
- BJC · Jefferson County, runway 29, 7,500 × 0 ft, asphalt
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
- 34
- Certificate
- Student
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 53 total · 21 in this make and model · 17 as pilot in command · 10 in the last 90 days · 3 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 320° at 15 knots
- Temperature
- 52 °F