# NTSB FTW82DA068: Cessna 172, N7178A, Kingfisher, OK, February 23, 1982

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Final report
- Date: February 23, 1982, 14:10 local (20:10 UTC)
- Place: Kingfisher, OK
- Coordinates: 35.839572, -97.929748 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.8396&lon=-97.9297&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report February 23, 1983
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 71269
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=FTW82DA068
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/71269/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW82DA068

## Sequence of events

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

- Overrun, landing - flare/touchdown
  - weather condition - tailwind (contributing factor)
  - wrong runway - selected, pilot in command (cause)
- Nose gear collapsed, landing - roll
  - airport facilities,runway/landing area condition - soft (contributing factor)
  - landing gear,nose gear - overload
- Nose over, landing - roll

## Analysis

THE STUDENT PILOT STATED HE READ THE WIND DIRECTION AS COMING FROM THE SOUTH AND LANDED ACCORDINGLY. THE AIRCRAFT LANDED DOWNWIND, THE NOSE WHEEL DUG IN AND COLLAPSED, AND THE AIRCRAFT NOSED OVER.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N7178A](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N7178A-2014-11-13), registration cancelled 2014-11-13, S/N 29278, built 1956 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172
- Registry model: [Cessna 172](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172) (registry code 2072402) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental 0-300 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-0-300-series) (registry code 17022, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 29278
- Airframe hours: 2287
- Engines: CONTINENTAL O-3OO-A 145 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Instructional, Part 91
- Operator: Edward W. Cook
- Registered owner: Edward W. Cook
- Departed: NORMAN, OK
- Destination: KINGFISHER, OK
- Airport: F92, Kingfisher, runway 17, 2,600 × 450 ft, grass/turf

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 47; student; medical: class 3, valid medical--w/ waivers/lim; flight hours: 81 total, 81 in this make and model, 29 as pilot in command, 16 in the last 90 days, 1 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 335° at 20 knots
- Observed at: OKC, 40 nm away

## 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 19820223017489A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19820223017489A), Feb 23, 1982: Cessna 172, Kingfisher, OK, Substantial damage. Misread wind sock. Landed downwind. Failed nose gear with excessive braking. Airplane flipped over.

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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