# NTSB FTW82DA166: Cessna 172N, N73795, Lubbock, TX, May 4, 1982

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Final report
- Date: May 4, 1982, 18:10 local (23:10 UTC)
- Place: Lubbock, TX
- Location: 33.6637° N, 101.8206° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at LUBBOCK PRESTON SMITH INTL (LBB), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.6637&lon=-101.8206&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Taxi](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/250) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report May 4, 1983
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 71510
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=FTW82DA166
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/71510/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW82DA166

## 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 (cause)

## Analysis

DURING TAXI A STRONG GUST OF WIND LIFTED THE TAIL OF THE AIRCRAFT AND FLIPPED IT ON ITS BACK. THUNDERSTORMS WERE IN THE AREA WITH PEAK GUSTS TO 53 KNOTS.

## Aircraft

- Registration: N73795 (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172N
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 172-67686
- Airframe hours: 802
- Engines: LYCOMING O-320H 160 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Business, Part 91
- Operator: Nancy Tate Masters
- Registered owner: Nancy Tate Masters
- Departed: AMA, AMARILLO, TX
- Destination: COS, COLORADO SPRING, CO
- Airport: LBB, Lubbock Municipal, runway 17, 11,500 × 0 ft, asphalt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 57; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land, multi-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 3, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; flight hours: 2,059 total, 289 in this make and model, 1,990 as pilot in command, 42 in the last 90 days

## Weather

- Conditions: Day
- Wind: 180° at 26 knots
- Altimeter: 29.00 inHg
- Observed at: LBB

## 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 19820504021369A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19820504021369A), May 4, 1982: Cessna 172N, Lubbock, TX, Substantial damage. Thunderstorms in area. After landing pilot turned off runway, was blown over by wind that exceeded controllability

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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