# NTSB FTW86LA055: Cessna 172H, N2826L, Bristow, OK, March 31, 1986

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: March 31, 1986, 12:15 local (18:15 UTC)
- Place: Bristow, OK
- Coordinates: 35.830039, -96.389099 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.8300&lon=-96.3891&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Taxi](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/250) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 22006
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=FTW86LA055
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/22006/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW86LA055

## Sequence of events

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

- Loss of control - on ground/water, taxi
  - compensation for wind conditions - improper, pilot in command (cause)
- Miscellaneous/other, taxi

## Analysis

THE PILOT REPORTED ENCOUNTERING STRONG GUSTY WINDS WHILE TAXIING FOR DEPARTURE AT JONES MEMORIAL AIRPORT, BRISTOW, OK. AS A RESULT HIS AIRCRAFT WAS FLIPPED UPSIDE DOWN AND SUBSTANTIALLY DAMAGED. THE PILOT WAS NOT INJURED.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N2826L](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N2826L), registered now, S/N 17256026 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172H
- Registry model: [Cessna 172H](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172h) (registry code 2072424) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental 0-300 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-0-300-series) (registry code 17022, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 17256026
- Engines: CONTINENTAL O-300-D 145 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Operator: Robert Harding
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Airport: 3F7, Jones Memorial, runway 35, 3,375 × 50 ft, asphalt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 36; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land; medical: class 1, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; seat: left; flight hours: 386 total, 386 in this make and model, 305 as pilot in command, 56 in the last 90 days

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 190° at 23 knots, gusting 30
- Visibility: 12 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 72 °F, dew point 57 °F
- Altimeter: 29.00 inHg
- Observed at: TUL, 30 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 19860331008569A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19860331008569A), Mar 31, 1986: Cessna 172H, Bristow, OK, Destroyed. Stopped aircraft where he would have a quartering tailwind. During runup, wind blew aircraft onto its back.

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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