# NTSB DEN87LA045: Cessna 172B, N8224X, Roswell, NM, January 24, 1987

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: January 24, 1987, 11:41 local (18:41 UTC)
- Place: Roswell, NM
- Coordinates: 33.640468, -104.37928 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.6405&lon=-104.3793&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Taxi](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/250) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report April 25, 1988
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 17163
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=DEN87LA045
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/17163/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN87LA045

## Sequence of events

In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf).

- Loss of control - on ground/water, taxi - to takeoff
  - weather condition - high wind (contributing factor)
  - compensation for wind conditions - not possible, pilot in command (contributing factor)
  - lack of total experience in type operation, pilot in command (contributing factor)
  - weather condition - gusts (contributing factor)
  - preflight briefing service - not obtained, pilot in command (cause)
  - qualification, flight instructor(on ground) (contributing factor)
  - wind information - not identified, pilot in command (cause)
- Nose over, taxi - to takeoff

## Analysis

STUDENT PLT OBTAINED WX BRIEFING FROM FORT WORTH FSS AND FILED VFR FLT PLAN FOR X-COUNTRY FLT FROM PLAINVIEW, TEX, TO ROSWELL, NM, VIA HOBBS, NM,. PLT LANDED AT ROSWELL, REFUELED, AND FILED RETURN VFR FLT PLAN. HE DID NOT OBTAIN UPDATED WX BRIEFING. COLD FRONT HAD PASSED THROUGH AREA BRINGING WIND SHIFT AND HIGH GUSTY WINDS. PLT WAS CLEARED FOR TAKEOFF ON RWY 30 AND WAS TOLD WINDS WERE 310 DEG AT 29KTS. AS PLT RELEASED BRAKES ATCT TOLD PLT THAT WINDS WERE 310 DEG AT 39 KTS. WIND GUST RAISED RIGHT WING AND ACFT WAS BLOWN OVER.

## Aircraft

- Registration: N8224X (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172B
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 17258724
- Airframe hours: 2220
- Engines: CONTINENTAL O-300-D 145 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Instructional, Part 91
- Operator: Mike Haigood/Bill Hardage
- Registered owner: Mike Haigood/Bill Hardage
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: Annual, February 11, 1986
- Destination: PVW, PLAINVIEW, TX
- Flight plan: VFR
- Airport: ROW, Roswell Industrial, runway 30, 7,415 × 200 ft, asphalt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 32; student; airplane ratings: single-engine land; medical: class 3, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; seat: left; flight hours: 35 total, 35 in this make and model, 14 as pilot in command, 35 in the last 90 days, 1 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 310° at 22 knots, gusting 35
- Visibility: 40 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 52 °F, dew point 23 °F
- Altimeter: 29.00 inHg
- Observed at: ROW

## FAA reports on this event (1)

The FAA's own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19870124001109A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19870124001109A), Jan 24, 1987: Cessna 172B, Roswell, NM, Substantial damage. The aircraft was blown over during taxi. Student pilot.

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.

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