- Date
- March 21, 1984, 09:14 local (17:14 UTC)
- Place
- Lancaster, CA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Taxi
- Aircraft
- N78178Cessna 172K
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19840321006849A
- Case key
- 24207
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
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Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
Analysis
The acft was blown over as it turned crosswind in gusts up to 40 KTS. The plt said he was using the procedures for taxiing in wind conditions. The Cessna 172 is limited to a 15 kt crosswind component for takeoff.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N78178
- Reported as
- Cessna 172K
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 17257512
- Airframe hours
- 2,870
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-E2D, 150 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Richard L. Pool
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Utility; Standard, Normal
- Departed
- 05T · Bridgeport, CA
- Airport
- WJF · General Wm. J. Fox, runway 24, 5,001 × 150 ft, asphalt
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 49
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 1,098 total · 1,098 in this make and model · 1,054 as pilot in command · 16 in the last 90 days · 3 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 270° at 32 knots, gusting 40
- Visibility
- 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- WJF0
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.