# NTSB DEN87LA205: Cessna 172C, N9748T, Cut Bank, MT, August 1, 1987

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: August 1, 1987, 13:20 local (19:20 UTC)
- Place: Cut Bank, MT
- Coordinates: 48.650276, -112.84027 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=48.6503&lon=-112.8403&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Taxi](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/250) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 2 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report November 29, 1988
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 17289
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=DEN87LA205
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/17289/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN87LA205

## Sequence of events

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

- Nose over, taxi - from landing
  - weather condition - high wind (contributing factor)
  - weather condition - gusts (contributing factor)
  - weather condition - unfavorable wind (contributing factor)
  - in-flight planning/decision - improper, pilot in command (cause)
  - aborted landing - not performed, pilot in command (cause)

## Analysis

THE PLT STATED THAT SHE RADIOED THE CUT BANK FSS AND WAS TOLD THAT THE WIND WAS 060 DEGREES AT 41 KNOTS. SHE THEN LANDED THE ACFT UNEVENTFULLY. HOWEVER, WHILE TURNING 90 DEGREES OFF THE RWY ONTO A TAXIWAY, THE ACFT NOSED OVER.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N9748T](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N9748T-2013-05-30), registration cancelled 2013-05-30, S/N 47548, built 1960 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172C
- Registry model: [Cessna 172A](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172a) (registry code 2072404) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental 0-300 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-0-300-series) (registry code 17022, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 47548
- Engines: CONTINENTAL O-300C 145 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Operator: Jeanne Wilson
- Registered owner: Jeanne Winters
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Departed: HLN, HELENA, MT
- Destination: CTB, CUT BANK, MT
- Flight plan: VFR
- Airport: CTB, Cut Bank, Mt, runway 22, 5,300 × 75 ft, asphalt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 61; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land; medical: class 3, valid medical--w/ waivers/lim; seat: left; flight hours: 700 total, 550 in this make and model, 622 as pilot in command, 30 in the last 90 days

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 250° at 30 knots, gusting 42
- Visibility: 60 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 66 °F, dew point 28 °F
- Altimeter: 29.00 inHg
- Observed at: CTB

## 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 19870801046069A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19870801046069A), Aug 1, 1987: Cessna 172A, Cut Bank, MT, Substantial damage. Aircraft was flipped over by strong winds while taxiing to ramp.

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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